Greek Film Festival: Tale 52
Tale 52, directed by Alexis Alexiou, begins with a dinner party – Iasonas is the host and Penelope, a guest invited by one of Iasonas’s friends. The story hints to a spark between Iasonas and Penelope and so the story begins. This film experiments with reality and the dream and you never really know if Iasonas is awake or sleeping, a psychopath or someone that’s being tricked. Alexiou does an interesting job of portraying this but what has ultimately been forgotten is story – you end up right where you started, and feel confused and cheated. If you need a film that has a story and character development, you will probably find yourself very irritated with the acting – which is mediocre at most – or staring at the walls. For those who love thrillers, you may find it entertaining.
Koraly’s rating: 1 1/2 stars
Demet Divaroren said,
September 8, 2009 at 9:27 am
2 stars? You give the movie too much credit, Koraly. It was slow, repetitious and was made up of 3 or 4 different scenes that kept fast forwarding into the future. Viewers trailed behind picking their confused brains to find a clue as to WHAT the movie was about.
Koraly Dimitriadis said,
September 8, 2009 at 11:36 am
I agree Demet, but like I said in the review, some viewers(a small group maybe) don’t mind that there isn’t much of a story and just like their brain teased.
Koraly Dimitriadis said,
September 11, 2009 at 12:56 am
After much debate with Demet, I’ve decided to downgrade my review of this film to 1 1/2 stars. There you go Demet.