A father who won't look at you, a land they're trying to steal—sometimes digging holes is how men finally talk.
When Jonny visits his father Nikitas in his cabin in the woods after 20 years, the hermit ignores him. But to prevent the muddy ground from being pulled out from under their feet for reasons of profit, father and son must dig deep into it...
Cinematography
Earth itself becomes a character—mud, roots, buried things.
Acting
Mourikis's physicality speaks what dialogue refuses to.
Direction
Grigorakis makes Greek economic crisis viscerally personal.
Director
Georgis Grigorakis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Greece's debt crisis, the film mirrors real illegal mining disputes in northern Greece where foreign companies exploited economic desperation.
Mourikis and Pandazaras barely spoke off-set to maintain authentic tension; their first real conversation was the wrap party.
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