The King

Indeed fellow mate from Greece, few Greek films can make such an impression. I don't really give a s##t whether it made a 'blockbuster' success - what I would really like for this film is to be given a chance for an international watching (the DVD i saw has English subtitles option) and that's great because it deserves to be seen outside Greece as well.

An accurate study on the culture and ethics of Greek country, especially that of a small community like a village. All acting is excellent, music also fits the mood great, the plot (based on a real story) is gripping, everything is perfect in this film which has nothing to do with the rest of the wanna-be Greek crap that gets wide distribution.

Grammatikos is a great visionary, his other film I have seen, "Apontes" is also great - but didn't make me the same impression as this did. Add that Giannis Zouganelis (comic legend, but also good actor) is also in it and you got a winner - by any measure - either you're a enthusiastic film buff (arty or not) or your an occasional film-goer, you have to see this great Greek film to appreciate it, and to see that THERE IS Greek cinema that has something to say, if rare.

And yes, there's woman skin for all to see, but fortunately not enough (and not filmed SEXY enough) to make the viewer distract from the true thing.

All thumbs up (hands and feet), easily one of my best Greek films so far!

One of the best greek cult films with many great actors, based on a true story once happened in Douneika Achaias. Vaggelis, once he gets out of prison (made his time for drugs) decides to make a fresh start and decides to leave Athens. He goes to his father's village which is deserted and starts building the house from scratch. People in the near village don't take his arrival in good heart so they make everything for him to leave. Sad story for a man who wants to turn his life upside down and change for good but people never accept him. A film worth seeing. Music by Thanasis Papakonstantinou.

the king in this film is what can be called here in Greece freak, marginal misfit and other words with negative connotations, but in the film is clearly the vehicle of the director to criticize the provincial mentality of the people and Greece by extension. the director must have a leftist ideology or anti-establishment and doesn't hesitate to show it in his films, in APONTES is more clearly stated than in VASILIAS.My problem with his film-making is that he tries to teach me a lesson(if you succumb to the ruling class ideology you become an a*****e or a person that attracts his despise) i don't disagree with him but thanks for the lesson i already had it.Nevertheless although the film gets a little boring and predictable after a while, but is still worth seeing for the indigenous population who is bombarded by worse films in the multiplex. better to see a clichéd old fashioned anti hero drama than some junk mainly from the states.

Its a classic anti-hero film; you have watched sooo many similar films.

This doesn't something new or different. The screenplay is "ok" (nothing superb, but ok, fine), the direction and script is also "ok" (fair, good, but nothing to get so much excited), with "ok" music (no other comment), etc.

Seriously, if you watched the FIRST (and ONLY GOOD) film "RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD", its almost the same... without the action, the fights, the chasing, etc. Its far more emotional this film here, obviously, its more dramatic (than "RAMBO"), but seriously, if you watch "RAMBO"... why to watch this one here too?

Its not a "masterpiece", its an "ok" dramatic film, that's all.

True story...it happened in the middle of 90's in a village in Peloponnesus