“Burning Heads” (George Siougas)

Best Concept for Fiction Feature 2012 & Best Actor (Promitheas Aliferopoulos)
Burning Heads, Directed by George Siougas. Greece, 2011. 100′

Adonis, a 25 year old Russian immigrant, lives and works at a gas station in Larisa, a small town north of Athens. Ambitious and eager to climb the social ladder, he is also romantically involved with his boss’s daughter, Natasa (20), who he plans to marries. Our story begins with Adonis returning to Athens to introduce his bride to be to his mother Rina (55) and brother Lefteris (20), a schizophrenic. Adonis’s visit unravels family dynamics and deep-running problems that haunt all of them: Lefteris yearns his brother’s love while living through a part long gone, Adonis tries to overcome his guilt over Lefteris and deals with the consequences of rejecting his roots and Rina unwillingly suffocates Adonis over shadowing Lefteris. “BURNING HEADS” is a story of three tragic characters who failed insiding redemption but at least they succeed in trying.

Directed by George Siougas
Screenplay: Vassilis Katsikonouris, Nikos Vouteniotis
Cinematography: Yannis Drakoularakos
Sound: Marinos Athanassopoulos
Sets/ Costumes: Eva Nathena
Editing: Yannis Tsitsopoulos
Music: Anastasios Katsaris
Cast: Omiros Poulakis, Promitheas Aliferopoulos, Ioanna Tsirigouli, Iro Bezou, Thomas Mavros