Small Crime

Mikro eglima

CHRISTOS GEORGIOU
Greece, 2009, 85 minutes, Color
In Person: Director Christos Georgiou

On an idyllic Greek isle, life is too boring for rookie policeman Leonidas. Most of the tourists visit the casinos on other islands, the locals don't give him much respect, and even his boss, the sheriff, spends more time with his olive plants than on policing. Leonidas hopes for a transfer to the big city but doubts it will come. Things change when a body is discovered—town eccentric Zaharias is lying at the bottom of a high cliff. Everyone has a theory about how poor Zaharias came to such a fate, and we see each possibility replayed. Even the Americans ("killers of the planet") are blamed. There is other big news: the town's local hero, morning talk show host Angeliki, has returned, fresh from winning a prestigious award. Soon, people speculate about the relationship between Leonidas and Angeliki. As the twin stories converge, slowly the town's secrets are revealed.—Dave Nuttycombe

In Greek with English subtitles

Co-presented with the Embassy of Greece

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