3 Movies Starring Minas Hatzisavvas

The King

The King

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-02-28

Languages:

Greek

Countries:

Greece

Runtime:

130 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (851 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

A 35-year old man, just released from jail, decides to make a clean break from the big city and his troubled past. He retreats to the abandoned village his father came from and moves into an old, collapsing house. Alone, far from the bigger village and doing petty jobs to survive, he will strive to find himself once more. Amidst a haze of suspicion and scorn by villagers who treat him an intruder, his past catches up to him in the form of his girlfriend from Athens. Conflict is inescapable

The King

The King

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-02-28

Languages:

Greek

Countries:

Greece

Runtime:

130 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (868 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

A 35-year old man, just released from jail, decides to make a clean break from the big city and his troubled past. He retreats to the abandoned village his father came from and moves into an old, collapsing house. Alone, far from the bigger village and doing petty jobs to survive, he will strive to find himself once more. Amidst a haze of suspicion and scorn by villagers who treat him an intruder, his past catches up to him in the form of his girlfriend from Athens. Conflict is inescapable

Hostage

Hostage

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-03-04

Languages:

Greek, Albanian

Countries:

Greece, Turkey, Austria

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (385 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Inspired by the real-life story of a bus hijacking in Northern Greece, HOSTAGE explores the sensitive issue of Greek-Albanian relations through a young Albanian who takes over an intercity bus. Upon hijacking the bus, he takes the seven passengers hostage and demands a ransom of half and million euro, and safe passage to his homeland of Albania. Surrounded by police, the bus trundles towards the Albanian border and the tension mounts until the final harrowing conclusion.

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