God Loves Caviar

"God Loves Caviar" is a Biography - Drama movie in which we follow the story of Ioannis Varvakis, a Greek pirate who became a successful businessman from selling caviar all over the world.

I liked this movie because it was interesting and I learned something from it since I didn't know who Ioannis Varvakis was and what he did. The direction which was made by Yannis Smaragdis was for one more time exceptional (taking into consideration the budget of the movie) and equally good with another movie of his "El Greco" of 2007. The interpretation of Sebastian Koch who played as Ioannis Varvakis was simply amazing and he did an excellent job. Some other interpretations that have to be mentioned were Marisha Triantafyllidou's who played as Maria, Juan Diego Botto's who played as Lefentarios and Catherine Deneuve's who played as Catherine the Great. Finally, I have to say that "God Loves Caviar" is an interesting movie and I highly recommend everyone to watch it.

Granted the move wasn't the best I have ever seen, and could have been better. If you take everything into consideration such as the limited budget and the complexity of the topic I think they did a good job of telling a very interesting story. Being Greek myself I had a very general idea of the topic prior to watching this film. It did a decent job of giving us the basics in the limited time available. You should watch this move and then do some research on the history to get a better understanding of what place.

I think a number of people are missing the moral of the story that is that your home is always where your heart is.

I don't wont to be spoiler but watch it regardless of its short coming and I am sure you will enjoy it.

It is real easy to critic this film. But it is not exactly fair. Because it gives a large story in decent manner. For Catherine Deneuve as Catherine the Great and for the hard work of Sebastian Koch. For noble idea and for the interesting manner to reflect it. Sure, it is not great, remarkable or memorable. But, in each scene you feel the taste of salted sea and, in few, you imagine the taste of caviar. So, a pure Greek film, a pure Greek story.

Nice attempt, though it is obvious it needed better writing. Very good performances by Koch and Bioto,excellent direction of photography. What is more, is the fact that it is worth seeing it even though it goes very abruptly from scene to scene. Very good music by Minos Matsas.The poor part of the story is the supporting performances which are rather shallow, and not analyzed. Smaragdis, is a good director, decent, but he has never been in the position of creating a great and momentary film. Excellent editing by George Mavropsaridis, may be the best Greek editor at this time in Greek movie industry. Cameos are made by a number of well known Greek actors but the extensive use of English language during the film is not a beneficial factor of the movie.

One of the best films I have seen in my life!! Congratulations to everyone involved!

I found the direction wonderful, the costumes and sets were amazingly done and captured the era to a T!

Sebastian Koch was immaculate in his role of Ioannis Varvakis. I believe it was one of his best roles of his career. Ivan's performance was exceptional, and Marisha Triantafyllidou as Varvakis' daughter really impressed me.

As for the music, it was beautifully composed, it touched my heart deeply and it really filled up the film.