简介：OneofVoulgaris’bestfilms,It’saLongRoaddepictsthreemiddle-agedmenwho,inconfrontingtheirpersonaldemons,findthemselvesatcrossroadsintheirlives. Inthefirststory,“ASilverCoinοntheLips”,anarchaeologistdiscoverstheremainsofasoldierfromtheHellenisticperiodwithasilvercoinonhislipsaspaymenttoCharon,themythologicalferrymanofthedead.Thediscoverytriggerspainfulmemoriesofthearchaeologist’sson,whoalsodiedasoldier,butinverydifferentcircumstances.Havingimmersedhimselfinhiswork,henowtriestocometotermswithhisgriefandgoestotheborderoutpostwherehissondied. Inthesecondtale,“TheLastoftheLesserWhites”,agroupofornithologistsarrivesinaspectacularwildernessareaoftheEvrosDelta,wheretheymeetwiththegamewarden(ThanassisVengos)whooverseestheareathatishometothousandsofbirdsofdifferentspecies.TheNorwegianmemberofthegrouphasbeentrackingraregeesefromBergen;theonlysurvivorisknowntobeinthearea.Butbeforethebirdcanbefound,itisshotbyapoacher,anactthatforcesthewardentomakeadecisionthatwillaffecttherestofhislife. Thefinalstory,“Vietnam”,followsthemeltdownofarichprovincialfactoryowner,whoisleftinastateofemotionaltormentafterhiswifedesertshim,takingtheirchildrenwithher.Distraughtanddesperate,hegoestoatackybar(the“Vietnam”),getshopelesslydrunkandendsupdestroyingtheentireestablishment. Director:PantelisVoulgaris|Rating:R18|1998|Drama|118minutes|GreekdialoguewithEnglishsubtitles Director'sBio-PantelisVoulgaris PantelisVoulgariswasborninAthensin1940andstudiedattheStavrakouFilmSchool.Heworkedinitiallyasanassistantdirectorandmadehisfirstshortin1965.Sincethen,hisfilmshavewoninternationalacclaimandnumerousawards,establishinghisreputationasoneoftheforemostGreekfilmdirectorsofhisgeneration.PantelishasalsodirectedseveraldocumentariesforGreektelevisionandthehour-longdocumentaryonthepoetYannisRitsosforGermanTelevision.Hehasalsodirectedforthestage.In1995PantelisVoulgariswashonouredbytheMuseumofModernArtinNewYorkwithamid-careerretrospective. PRINCIPALCAST ThanasisVengos(theGameWarden) GiorgosArmenis(MrTsetsenoglou,theFactoryOwner) DimitrisKatalifos(theArchaeologist) AWARDS 39thThessalonikiInternationalFilmFestival-1998 BestActorAward(GiorgosArmenis) BestMakeupAward DIRECTOR's–PREVIOUSFILMS 1965TheThief(ShortFilm) 1966JimmytheTiger(ShortFilm) InternationalFilmFestivalofThessaloniki: BestShortFilmAward BestActorAward CriticsAwards 1969TheDanceoftheGoats(Documentary) GrandPrixContemporaryFilmFestival,Athens 972TheEngagementofAnna InternationalFilmFestivalofThessalonikiFIPRESCI, BestFilmAward BestDirectorAward BerlinFilmFestival: Otto-DibeliusAward OCICAward 1973TheGreatLoveSongs 1976HappyDay InternationalFilmFestivalofThessaloniki BestFilmAward BestDirectorAward 1980EleftheriosVenizelos 1985StoneYears InternationalFilmFestivalofThessaloniki BestFilmAward BestDirectorAward VeniceFilmFestival: BestActressAward SpecialNominationforBestActress ValenciaFilmFestival: BestActressAward BestMusicAward 1988TheStrikerwiththeNo.9 SilverKnightAward–MoscowFilmFestival 1991QuietDaisinAugust MentionbytheBerlinFilmFestival'sInternationalProtestantFilmJury SelectedtorepresentGreeceasBestFilmfortheEuropeanFilmAwards 1995Acropole 1996CairoInternationalFilmFestival–BestDirectorAward ValenciaFilmFestival–BestMusicAward 1998It’saLongRoad HellenicMinistryofCulture1998NationalFilmAwards BestActor(GiorgosArmenis) BestMake-Up 2004Brides 45thThessalonikiInternationalFilmFestival–2004: FirstPrizeforFictionFilm, BestLeadingActressAward BestSupportingActressAward BestCinematographyAward BestSetDesignAward BestMusicAward BestSoundAward BestEditingAward BestCostumesAward BestMakeupAward http://www.greekfilmfestival.com.au/filmfestival05/sydney/films/film_road.htm…