Two by Yorgos Lanthimos

Two by Yorgos Lanthimos

Before he started making English-language films—and became a name-brand arthouse auteur in the process—Yorgos Lanthimos was a charter member of the so-called “Greek Weird Wave.” Here you can see two films with interconnected motifs from his early, surly years: Kinetta, Lanthimos’s first solo directorial effort, about a trio of homicide recreators in the eponymous seaside town, and Alps, in which a group offer to perform the roles of the recently deceased to bereaved friends and relations.

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Two by Yorgos Lanthimos
  • Kinetta

    Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos | 98 mins | 2005
    In the dilapidated resort town of Kinetta, an ex-cop, a photo developer, and a hotel chambermaid pursue an unusual hobby: making videotapes of elaborate re-stagings of local murders. In Lanthimos’s beguiling first solo directorial debut, the fascinati...