A film about three people who head towards a turning point in their lives. Ιn the first story, A Silver Coin οn the Lips, an archaeologist who has discovered an unlooted tomb of the Hellenistic period decides to seek the friends of his 20 year-old soldier son who, a year ago, had set fire to himself. Ιn the second story The Last of the Lesser Whites, a game warden who has lived for years close to the rare birds of the Evros Delta decides to eliminate a poacher who kills the last of the sanctuary's lesser white geese in the same way. Finally, in the third story, Vietnam, a middle-aged factory owner whose wife has walked out on him, ends υρ in a backwoods dive, the Vietnam, where after breaking everything that can be broken, he ends υρ by demolishing it. One of Voulgaris' (Stone Years, Quiet Days in August) best films, with the director treading on familiar ground, sketching the different characters with careful attention to detail, with insight and love and setting υρ visually wonderful images that emit an effortless lyricism. The scenes in the third story with the despairing factory-owner who slowly begins to tear the joint apart constitutes a soul-stirring piece of cinema, α true collector's item. |