One of the most important contemporary directors in the world, Greek Thodoros Angelopoulos (1937) will start shooting his new film-concept the day after Christmas.
“The Other Sea” will be about illegal immigration and human trafficking from FYROM and Albania to Greece and Italy, as this is seen through the story of a businessman, who became a politician and the key figure of a traffickers’ ring.
With an estimated budget of 5 million Euros and given the poor finances of Greece at the moment, Turkish producer Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Italian producer Amedeo Pagani are the main funders of the new film production of Angelopoulos.
In fact, Mr. Pagani noted that the film aims at depicting the financial crisis plaguing Greece today.
The film’s shootings are planned to take place in Greece, and most particularly, in Piraeus, in Patras and in Rex Theatre. Shootings are expected to last ca. 6 weeks.
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