Meteora

by Spiros Stathoulopoulos

Germany/Greece, 2012, 81', colour

 

Producers (Germany) : Philippe Bober, Susanne Marian
Producers (Greece) : Spiros Stathoulopoulos, Asimakis Alfa Pagidas, Theo Alexander, Yolanda Markopoulou
Principal Cast: Theo Alexander, Tamila Koulieva

 

 

 

In the hot plains of central Greece, the Orthodox monasteries of Meteora are perched atop sandstone pillars, suspended between heaven and earth. Down in the valley, the eternal cycles of farm life – birth, milking, slaughter – provide a stark contrast to their ascetic world. The young monk Theodoros and the nun Urania have devoted their lives to the strict rituals and practices of their community. A growing affection for one another puts their monastic life under question. Torn between spiritual devotion and their human desire, they must decide which path to follow.

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Spiros Stathoulopoulos

Spiros Stathoulopoulos, 1977. Greek/Colombian director known for the single-continuous-take cult film PVC-1. Selected in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 60th Cannes Film Festival and winner among others of the FIPRESCI prize at the Thessaloniki IFF, PVC-1 features one woman’s race against time in her attempt to gain removal of an explosive terrorist device locked around her neck. Stathoulopoulos studied film in Bogota, Colombia, before graduating with honors from the California State University. METEORA is his second feature film.

FILMOGRAPHY

2007 PVC-1, Fiction, 85 min.

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2012
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81'

Spiros Stathoulopoulos

Spiros Stathoulopoulos, 1977. Greek/Colombian director known for the single-continuous-take cult film PVC-1. Selected in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 60th Cannes Film Festival and winner among others of the FIPRESCI prize at the Thessaloniki IFF, PVC-1 features one woman’s race against time in her attempt to gain removal of an explosive terrorist device locked around her neck. Stathoulopoulos studied film in Bogota, Colombia, before graduating with honors from the California State University. METEORA is his second feature film.
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Germany Germany
Greece Greece

 

Producers (Germany) : Philippe Bober, Susanne Marian
Producers (Greece) : Spiros Stathoulopoulos, Asimakis Alfa Pagidas, Theo Alexander, Yolanda Markopoulou
Principal Cast: Theo Alexander, Tamila Koulieva

 

 

 

In the hot plains of central Greece, the Orthodox monasteries of Meteora are perched atop sandstone pillars, suspended between heaven and earth. Down in the valley, the eternal cycles of farm life – birth, milking, slaughter – provide a stark contrast to their ascetic world. The young monk Theodoros and the nun Urania have devoted their lives to the strict rituals and practices of their community. A growing affection for one another puts their monastic life under question. Torn between spiritual devotion and their human desire, they must decide which path to follow.

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In the hot plains of central Greece, the Orthodox monasteries of Meteora are perched on top of sandstone pillars, removed from human frailty. The young monk Theodoros had devoted his life to the strict rituals and practices of ascetic monasticism, but now he has an exchange with a nun: using mirrors and sunlight they communicate across the abyss separating their monasteries. In the village down in the valley, the cycles of farm life – birth, milking, slaughter – provide a stark contrast to the solemn, candle-lit recesses of the monastery. The young monk and the nun, torn between spiritual devotion and human desire, are caught between these two worlds.
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