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Reviews
Eftyhia (2019)
Excellent performances by the two leads but that's about it.
It's curious the director chose such an amateurish platform for story telling as this weird and out of place award ceremony. There were moments I thought I was watching theatre instead of a film especially during the last half hour. I also found hard to understand the passing of decades. What happened to the German occupation of Athens? It really felt more of a drama documentary with the director's view absent and an erratic script regarding the plot, but with some good dialogues thrown in. Kudos to the performances of the two protagonists and the songs which didn't find the place they deserved.
Maestro (2022)
Summer haven of clichés
Find a nice tourist location, write a story just about everything, throw in a handful of social problems we've dealt with 20 years ago, build a forbidden romance between a beautiful girl and a good looking man, endorse some spineless direction, shallow characters, mediocre acting and ta da! You have one of the least interesting series out there.
Especially Papakaliatis' acting lacks any kind of depth or nerve or whatever actors do to entice their audience and keep them hooked. He is the director too. Really?
My take from the 3 first episodes I forced myself to watch: let's go to Paxoi for summer holidays.