Kostas Xikominos Movies
- 2007
Death and betrayal follow two close friends during what was meant to be an idyllic long weekend in this drama from Greece. Haris (Ieroklis Mihailidis) is a successful engineer whose best friend is Andreas (Vangelis Mourikis), a well-to-do doctor. Both Haris and Andreas have young and attractive trophy wives, Marina (Maria Protopapa) and Lina (Lena Kitsopoulou), and for the Easter holiday the two couples head out to the Pelion Peninsula, where Andreas has a second home; Andreas's daughter Myrsini (Evi Daeli) joins them for the trip. One morning, the vacationers make a disturbing discovery when they find a dead body in their front yard, and they call the police. Themistoklis (Costas Xykominos), the officer assigned to the case, makes no secret of his resentment towards the wealthy out-of-towners, and begins investigating the affair only after being pressured by his superiors. While both couples insist they saw and heard nothing during the night, Myrsini stubbornly claims she saw two strange men outside the house early in the morning, and Themistoklis begins to wonder of Haris and Andreas know more than they're telling. Tensions increase in the house when Marina reveals that she's having a baby that may be the product of a brief fling with Andreas. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Maria Protopapa, Vangelis Mourikis, (more)
- 2005
Taking place at the eponymous rundown resort just outside of Athens, Kinetta is the second feature of director Giorgos Lanthimos, who co-wrote the script with Yorgos Kakanakis. The loosely structured elliptical narrative concerns three unnamed characters -- a cop (Kostas Xikominos), a photographer (Aris Servetalis), and a chambermaid (Evangelia Randou). There have been several murders of young women in the area, and the cop has apparently enlisted the maid to help him reenact the crimes, while the photographer records the reenactments. At other times, the cop obsesses about a new BMW he wants to buy, and provides counterfeit documents to Russian women, who are illegal immigrants. The photographer struggles with his attraction to the maid as he drives her to and from their reenactments, and tends to the many minor injuries she sustains while playing the victim. For her part, she seems more concerned with the quality of her performance (she spends a lot of time rehearsing) than in any extracurricular involvement with her "co-workers." It's all shot on the fly with a constantly moving handheld camera. Kinetta was shown at the Walter Reade Theater as part of the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Film Comment Selects series in 2006. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi
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