RIVERBANKS
synopsis
The Evros river. The border. A deadly minefield which a battalion of volunteers are trying to clear. Yannis is a mine-clearing expert. He is an adventurer, a dancer before the mouths of Hades. At night, Mafiosi smugglers take illegal migrants across the river. And sometimes the minefield breaks the dark silence. A young woman, Chryssa, helps children to cross the river. Chryssa will bump into Yannis. Defying death is their common destiny. Chryssa’s troubled soul finds a haven. And, as for Yannis, he finds a family.
international title: | Riverbanks |
original title: | Ohthes |
country: | Greece, Germany, Turkey |
year: | 2015 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Panos Karkanevatos |
film run: | 100' |
release date: | DE 19/11/2015 |
screenplay: | Panos Karkanevatos, Isidoros Zourgos |
cast: | Diamantis Adamantidis, Efi Drosou, Taxiarhis Hanos, Giota Hatziioannou |
cinematography by: | Dimitris Katsaitis |
film editing: | Kenan Akkawi |
art director: | Ioula Stavridou |
music: | Nils Kacirek |
producer: | Panos Karkanevatos |
co-producer: | Peter Bardehle, Mahmut Ozden |
production: | Vergi Film Productions, Taksi Iletisim, Vidicom Media Productions |
backing: | Eurimages, NDR, in collaboration with ARTE, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Nerit, Greek Film Centre, Nova, Media Programme |
distributor: | Odeon, Real Fiction Filmverleih |