The film does a great service by humanising the monster. Especially when it comes to Nazism, it is still easy and common for people to see it as evil incarnate, the ideology of crazed sociopaths - the banality of evil is still lost on most people.
The focus is on 3 women - a wife, a mother and a daughter of 3 accused (now convicted) Golden Dawn members, including its founder and leader. All of them are in varying stages of denial, while at the same time completely supportive of the group's ideology. The mother follows a typical, unhinged conspiracy theory lunatic path - the new world order and the jews are behind this, all the videos of her son and the rest of the GD members are fake, coupled with "what do we have to do with nazism - that was in Germany, this is Greece", all while there is a huge swastika on her kitchen window. She is clearly deeply confused, but she is not without blame. The wife tries to show the supposed good side of the group and simply denies any evidence to criminal activity. She gets frustrated when past transgressions are mentioned, as she thinks the film can help them look good.
But it is the chief's daughter that is the most interesting case. On the outside Ourania is a nice person - she loves animals, she has a friendly demeanour, and she is clever enough to project the good elements ("here is my collection of Disney movies, the music shelf - Burzum, Motorhead, Slayer, Cannibal Corpse - the Little Prince, my favourite"). And it's those likeable traits that add a sense of tragedy to the film - the director desperately tries to find the good in her, even telling her bluntly that he would like her to denounce Nazism to believe there is something there. She refuses.
The focus is on 3 women - a wife, a mother and a daughter of 3 accused (now convicted) Golden Dawn members, including its founder and leader. All of them are in varying stages of denial, while at the same time completely supportive of the group's ideology. The mother follows a typical, unhinged conspiracy theory lunatic path - the new world order and the jews are behind this, all the videos of her son and the rest of the GD members are fake, coupled with "what do we have to do with nazism - that was in Germany, this is Greece", all while there is a huge swastika on her kitchen window. She is clearly deeply confused, but she is not without blame. The wife tries to show the supposed good side of the group and simply denies any evidence to criminal activity. She gets frustrated when past transgressions are mentioned, as she thinks the film can help them look good.
But it is the chief's daughter that is the most interesting case. On the outside Ourania is a nice person - she loves animals, she has a friendly demeanour, and she is clever enough to project the good elements ("here is my collection of Disney movies, the music shelf - Burzum, Motorhead, Slayer, Cannibal Corpse - the Little Prince, my favourite"). And it's those likeable traits that add a sense of tragedy to the film - the director desperately tries to find the good in her, even telling her bluntly that he would like her to denounce Nazism to believe there is something there. She refuses.