The Mountain in Front

Holy Saturday. A van transporting the fireworks of a group of Athenians breaks down in a mountain settlement. In his attempt to buy a firework rocket for his seven-year-old son, Luan, an Albanian who works as a shepherd in the region, comes into contact with the local inhabitants, rekindling an old hostility. Local rancher Thymios can’t stand to see someone with a different religion praying in the pastures where he was raised. He offends Luan, humiliates him in front of his son and the pyrotechnicians and sends him away from the settlement. Luan leaves. But, deep inside, he is seething with rage. He returns and asks if he can buy all the fireworks. Thymios disagrees. He can’t bear the thought of a Muslim setting off fireworks at the Resurrection service together with the Christians. The night takes a dramatic turn and Easter Sunday ends in tragedy.

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Script: Yannis Tsiros
Cinematography: Stamatis Yannoulis
Editing: Constantinos Iordanidis
Sound: Dinos Kittou
Music: Daso Kourti
Actors: Gennadios Patsis (Thymios), Yassemi Kilaidoni (Katerina),Costas Kazanas (Spyros), Karafil Sena (Luan), Dimitris Patsis (Haris), Yorgos Moroyannis (Thodoros), Nikos Georgakis (Thomas), Stavros Ranta (D
Production: Protasis Production
Producers: Νikos Νikolettos
Co-production: ERT SA Hellenic Broadcasting Corp., PLD Production. With the support of the GFC
Costumes: Angeliki Stamatopoulou
Sets: Athanassios Valaoras
Make Up: Hara Mavrofridi
Format: 35mm Color
Production Country: Greece
Production Year: 2008
Duration: 102
Contact: ΕΚΚ/Greek Film Centre, GreeceT. +30 210 3678500 F. +30 210 3648245info@gfc.gr www.gfc.gr

Vassilis Douros

He was born in Anthousa, Messinia. He abandoned his studies of naval architecture for the sake of cinema. He has been working in film and television since 1980. He was assistant director on many film and television productions, while he has directed numerous documentaries and TV series. Fading Light is his first feature film.

Filmography

1980 The Big Avenue (short film)
1987 The Scarecrow (short film)
1988 Santa Claus the Sailor (short film)
1990 Sorry for Having Troubled You ( TV film)
2000 Fading Light