Morning Patrol (1987)

Going alone into an abandoned, living city, a woman tries to cross a forbidden zone swarming with the Morning Patrol and traps. Meeting one of the last city guards, they attempt recall the past and penetrate the zone together.

Director:

Nikos Nikolaidis

Writers:

Raymond Chandler (excerpt), Philip K. Dick (excerpt)

Stars:

Michele Valley, Takis Spiridakis, Liana Hatzi

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Michele Valley	...	Woman
Takis Spiridakis	...	Guard
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Liana Hatzi
Nikos Hatzis
V. Kabouri
Vicky Kampouri	...	Gang member
Takis Loukatos
H. Mavros
Panos Thanassoulis	...	2nd Guard
Rania Trivela

Storyline

A woman is walking alone through an abandoned city. She approaches the forbidden zone and tries to pass through. Everywhere the Morning Patrol and deceptive traps are watching. The city itself is alive but uncontrolled. Computer voices warn non-existing inhabitants to leave the city. The communication system works... cinemas show films... classic faces of a past era flash across TV screens. She is confronted by one of the few survivors guarding the city. They will come close to each other ; they will try to recall the past. Together they unravel their tangled memory - threads of this catastrophe and decide to penetrate the zone together ; They are linked by the bonds of violence and death since no other behaviour is possible in this kind of world. Is there an end? Is there hope and any future since no person that was allowed through ever returned to tell us whether the freedom of the sea exists. The fugitives encounter increasing dangers... A story of love in this unbearable world... ...

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Plot Keywords:

neo noire | cyberpunk | female protagonist | male female partnership | global catastrophe | 

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Greece

Language:

Greek

Release Date:

8 October 1987 (Greece)

Also Known As:

Morning Patrol

Filming Locations:

Athens, Greece

Company Credits

Production Co:

Greek Film Center

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Features The Band Wagon (1953)

User Reviews

A post apocalyptic nightmare

It's the near future, and a catastrophe (plague, war, who knows?) has let the few survivors to wander aimlessly in the wild. One of them, a woman, wants only to "go West, to the sea" where she believes life could be better but in order to achieve that, she must go through a ghost city which is guarded by the Morning Patrol (Proini Peripolos).

Proini Peripolos is really far from Hollywood movies or blockbusters. It's just an artistic movie with slow pace and it's real power is the setting with grim pictures, atmospheric music and isolated landscapes. Try to find it if you can although the language (it's in Greek) will be a problem for foreign audiences.