Hostage

Ομηρος

Greece, Turkey

Synopsis

One morning, a young man boards an intercity bus on ist daily route to Thessaloniki in Northern Greece. He hijacks the bus at gunpoint and takes seven of the passengers hostage. In his left hand he holds a grenade. He turns out to be a 25-years old Albanian immigrant by the name of Helion-Senior. His control demands include a ranson of half-a-million euros and safe passage back to his homeland. The hijacking is transmitted live, on national television. For the next 20 hours a mild and at times breakly comic case ensues through Northern Greece.

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Cast & Crew

  • Directed by: Konstantine Giannaris
  • Written by: Konstantine Giannaris
  • Cast: Stathis Papadopoulos, Theodora Tzimou, Yannis Stankoglou, Minas Hatzisavvas
  • Produced by: George Lykiardopoulos, Konstantine Giannaris, Baran Seyhan, Jale Onanç
  • Cinematography: Panagiotis Theofanopoulos
  • Editing: Ioanna Spiliopoulou
  • Production Design: Maria Konomi
  • Make-Up Artist: Evi Zafiropoulou
  • Original Score: Nikos Patrelakis
  • Sound Design: Antonis Samaras
  • Actor / Actress: Stathis Papadopoulos, Theodora Tzimou, Yannis Stankoglou, Minas Hatzisavvas
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