Interruption

"Interruption" is a brilliant film, one of the few that has touched me intensely. I watched this film for the first time at the 56th International Film Festival at Thessaloniki, on 13th November 2015, on a Friday. At the same time at "Bataklan" Theatre in Paris something horrible happened; an interruption of the "Eagles of Death Metal" concert. It was a real invasion by terrorists. It ended in a terrible bloodshed with 118 victims. We were informed about this gruesome incident on our way out from the film festival. It was an unexpected, shocking feeling that cannot be expressed with words. The coincidence of the fact that the film, which is a product of imagination, and the actual fact of similar conditions, changed my perception by far, of how anything can happen in reality, surpassing the limits of imagery. Leaving from the theater, I was in a state of shock and I talk about this experience in my life until this day. The film has exceeded in many levels of directing. Watching a play has a different effect of a life performance and art, compared to watching a film at the cinema. Nevertheless, the director managed to give liveliness in the film that a live performance has. The feeling that a spectator had while watching the modern "Orestia" on the screen was the same of a spectator watching it on the cinema screen. The interruption of the performance was initially something unexpected but simultaneously something subversive. The substance of this interruption was meant to highlight the inertia and inactivity of the spectators who become too comfortable for the sake of the performance. Its purpose was to shock and paralyze the audience and their everyday life, who watch countless events but do not react and they remain indifferent. The film in general had an incredible aesthetic and a group of outstanding actors. I recommend to all who have not seen the film to do so and those who have seen it to become more responsible people so as to make our world a better place.