The Ciné-club hellénique de Luxembourg (Greek cinema club) has announced that it is screening the 2021 Greek film 18 at Ciné Utopia in Luxembourg-Limpertsberg on Tuesday 28 November at 19:00 and on Wednesday 29 November 2023 at 21:00.
18 (Greece, 2021, 95 min, colour), directed by Vassilis Douvlis, will be screened at Ciné Utopia in the original Greek version with English subtitles. The film is suitable for children over the age of sixteen.
Synopsis: In a working-class neighbourhood of Athens, amid the economic crisis, the resurgence of fascism and the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of eighteen-year-old students persecute immigrants, queers, and anyone who is just different. A classmate of theirs who does not hide his dislike for their actions quickly becomes their target. Victimisers and, at the same time, victims of a poisoned society, the youngsters are ready to go to extremes and turn against anyone who disagrees with their ideas and doesn't approve of their actions.
Cast: Iosif Gavrielatos, Nikos Zegkinoglou, Anastasis Laoulakos, Klelia Andriolatou, Marina Anifanti, Maria Skoula, Giorgos Simeonidis and Theodora Tzimou.
Director: Born in Ioannina, Greece, Vassilis Douvlis studied literature and cinema in Athens and Paris. He is the head of the programme department at the Parliament's television station. He has taught screenwriting and directing in film schools, and his fiction and documentary films have been screened and received awards at many international festivals. He is best known for 18 (2021), I epistrofi (2007) and Affection to the People (2013).
Tickets for the upcoming screening cost €10, or €5 for members of the Greek cinema club. Tickets can be purchased at the cinema, just before the screening (cash only) or online, at Luxembourg Ticket via the following link.
