''Kinetta'' ( el, Κινέτα) is a 2005 Greek

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film produced by Athina Rachel Tsangari and directed by

Yorgos Lanthimos Georgios "Yorgos" Lanthimos ( el, Γιώργος Λάνθιμος, Giórgos Lánthimos, ; born 23 September 1973) is a Greek film director, film producer, screenwriter, photographer, theatre director and former professional basketball player. Sin ...

. It is Lanthimos' solo directorial debut. It was written by Yorgos Lanthimos and Yorgos Kakanakis. It stars Evangelia Randou,

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, and Costas Xikominos.

Plot

During off-season at the Greek seaside resort of Kinetta, three perfect strangers—a police officer out of uniform with a thing for German luxury cars and Russian women, an eccentric photographer, and a hotel chambermaid—join forces for a rather strange reason: to recreate homicides. Meticulously and with an almost ritualistic approach, the unlikely trio reenact crime scenes of brutal murders, to the point where the boundaries of their own private lives slowly begin to blur.

Reception

John DeFore, writing for ''

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'', praised the movie's ability to provoke its audience, with the intrusion of humorous shots or moments of color into the otherwise "drearily wintry" aesthetic. He also asserted longtime fans would enjoy the movie, as it "...introduces themes that would continue even into his lauded English-language work."

Release

The film was not released theatrically in the United States in 2005. In 2019, the

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played the film for nine days in October.

Cast

* Evangelia Randou *

* Costas Xikominos * Youlika Skafida * Hector Kaloudis

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References

2005 films 2005 drama films 2000s psychological drama films Films set in Greece 2000s Greek-language films Greek drama films Films directed by Yorgos Lanthimos {{Greece-film-stub Greek avant-garde and experimental films