A beautiful young woman Hana Angelousi is lured aboard the yacht of a man who is trying to break the spell that turns men into stone. An updated version of the legend of Perseus and Medusa.
Direction
Koundouros frames desire like a trap closing in slow motion.
Cinematography
Aegean blues and yacht whites that reek of expensive doom.
Director
Nikos Koundouros
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Koundouros was a key figure in Greek cinema's 'New Wave,' using classical mythology to sneak political commentary past military junta censors. The Medusa metaphor? A not-so-subtle jab at authoritarian petrification of society.
The yacht scenes were shot on a real vessel owned by a Greek shipping magnate who reportedly thought he was funding a commercial thriller. His reaction to the final cut remains unrecorded but imaginably spectacular.
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