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Constantine Giannaris (writer)
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4 March 2005 (Greece)
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Inspired by the real-life story of a bus hijacking in Northern Greece, HOSTAGE explores the sensitive...
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Stathis Papadopoulos | ... | Elion Senja |
| Theodora Tzimou | ... | Iliana |
| Yannis Stankoglou | ... | Grigoris |
| Minas Hatzisavvas | ... | Police Commander |
| Arto Apartian | ... | Giannis |
| Marilou Kapa-Valeonti | ... | Angeliki |
| Konstantina Angelopulou | ... | Kelly |
| Antonis Ntourakis | ... | Orfeas |
| Manolis Afoliano | ... | Jack |
| Rajmonda Bullku | ... | Francesca |
| Ndriçim Xhepa | ||
| Ersi Malikenzou | ... | Old Lady |
| Konstadinos Siradakis | ... | Biris |
| Eleni Kastani | ... | Martha |
| Theofania Papathoma | ... | Kaiti |
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Giannaris contributes one to the "hostage" film genre. I completely disagree with the other views expressed thus far, in that I found the film quite paced and engaging and his use of Stathis Papadopoulos as intuitively right. Describing him as "extremely buffed" is a bit hyperbolic. Stathis is no Arnold (thankfully) and can convey emotions missing from most action heroes/antiheroes--e.g., uncertainty, fear, and a childlike vulnerability next to the women who briefly mother him in the course of the film. Here's an inarticulate character who can't fully think things through, is in over his head, and yet desperate enough to make a last futile stand to be counted.
And like all hostage films, it's not just about the captor but the captives. Kudos to the rest of the cast for their very believable performances that dynamically reveal their personal stories in the course of the journey and their changes in perspective on their collective situation and its significance. As one character says to the morally ambiguous cop-negotiator trying to get some of them released, "It's all of us or none of us." Kudos also to the cinematography that conveyed the overheated claustrophobia of a long bus ride that spans day and night and builds to its visual payoff in the climactic final moments.