2000+1 SHOTS
On New Year’s Eve of the year 2000,
the paths of eight persons cross in unexpected ways.
A mosaic of a city, a mosaic of a planet
at the dawn o the Millenium.
2000, 75’, Greece, 2001+1 Stigmes o.t.
the paths of eight persons cross in unexpected ways.
A mosaic of a city, a mosaic of a planet
at the dawn o the Millenium.
2000, 75’, Greece, 2001+1 Stigmes o.t.
Direction of extraordinary dexterity and a sensual but also hallucinate atmosphere.
Elie Castiel, Sequenses, Montreal
Admirably sincere and concise in describing a cross-section of today’s Athenians.
Deborah Young, Variety
Among the10 best films for the year 2001
Bill Mousoulis, Senses Of Cinema
A despairing but hypnotic mosaic.
Adrian Martin, The Age
awards
Ministry of Culture Distinction
trilogy
2000+1 Shots is the first part of a trilogy on Athens of the first decade of the new century. First part on the expectations of millenιum, the second part is on the Olympic Games euphoria in Planet Athens and the third one comes with the appearance of crisis in Three Days Happiness.
synopsis
On New Year’s Eve of the year 2000, the paths of eight persons cross in unexpected ways. A businessman, who weavers between his wife and his mistress, faces an extortion of extremes. An unemployed man becomes a hired killer to escape from his misery. A child wanders the streets alone, trying to survive.
director’s comment
A fresco of a city, a fresco of a planet as a new era is supposed to arrive. The personal stories of eight Athenians combined with tele-news playing in every house, create a story that comes over the personal. Is the dawn of the millennium the beginning of a new era, or is it that behind all the glittering celebrations, people are experiencing a different reality?
credits
Director: Dimitri Athanitis
Writer: Dimitri Athanitis
Producer: Dimitri Athanitis
Production: DNA Films
Supported by: Greek Film Center
Distribution, Greece: New Star
Cinematography: Panagiotis Theofanopoulos
Camera: Babis Houvardas
Art direction: Dimitri Athanitis
Editing: Kostas Raftopoulos
Sound: Giorgos Bilikas
Sound design: Dimitri Athanitis, Thimios Koliokousis
Cast:
Adonis Rabaounis (businessman)
Marianna Kalbari (wife)
Vicky Volioti (mistress)
Pinelopi Markopoulou (gynaecologist)
Ieronimos Kaletsanos (killer)
Thodoris Grampsas (man in the office)
Maria Protopappa (killer’s wife),
Alexander Mitsis (boy)
Dimosthenis Papadopoulos (student)
Nestor Kopsidas (friend)
Dimitris Asteriadis(old man)
Gerard Moren (killer’s boss)
Philip Lazaris (taxi driver)
Maria Sideri (secretary)
Zoe Gaitanidi (woman in kitchen)
Ioanna Mavrea (wife’s friend)
Panos Vittorakis (guy in the street)
Yiannis Gaitanidis (night guard)
Yiannis Stefopoulos (voice on TV)
Katerina Lipiridou (girl in cafe, voice on TV)
Vasilis Nikolaidis (TV journalist)
Eleftheria Sapoutzi (girl in café)
