Brando with a Glass Eye
GREECE
Directed by: Antonis Tsonis
If Antonis Tsonis’s debut is any indication, the Weird Wave is experiencing a second wind. The first Greek-language film to appear in Slamdance’s narrative competition, _Brando with a Glass Eye_ takes the country’s proclivity for cinematic strangeness into uncharted territories with this metatextual tale of a wannabe actor (Yiannis Niarros) who resorts to crime to finance a trip to New York’s famed Actors Studio. When a bystander is shot during a botched heist job, the Brando-obsessive goes method and befriends the victim in an increasingly unhinged bid for personal salvation. Steeped in the influence of New Hollywood cinema, Tsonis’s confident, curious debut is a mise en abyme about the movies and the art (and artifice) of performance.
“A comical, breezy affair … [Brando with a Glass Eye] continues the national tradition of strange, off-kilter filmmaking.”
Morris Yang, In Review Online
“Highly unusual and unlike most other films to come around the pike in recent times, Brando with a Glass Eye signals the arrival of a profoundly interesting writer/director who marches determinedly to the beat of his own drum.”
Erin Free, FilmInk
Language:
In Greek with English subtitles
Genre:
DRAMA
Runtime:
122 min
YEAR:
2024
Awards:
- Bulgarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards 2018
- Golden Rose Festival of Bulgarian film: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Critics Gild Award and Audience Award
