Spirtokouto / Matchbox (2002) torrent

\\\"Dysfunctional\\\" is hardly the word for the family that tears itself apart in \\\"Matchbox\\\", a blackly humorous rantfest set in an Athens working-class apartment where the air conditioning has broken down. Though well cast, with a take-no-prisoners perf by Errikos Litsis as the bellicose paterfamilias, this first feature by Cyprus-born helmer Yannis Economidis is still highly specialized fare, further limited by being shot on less than top-grade DV equipment.

Unspooling like a one-act play divided into two scenes, film starts with cafe owner Dimitris (Litsis) screaming down the phone -- hard to swallow until the viewer realizes the whole family talks like that. Other characters gradually arrive and join in the mutual abuse, including Yorgos (Kostas Xykominos), his brother-in-law and business partner; Maria (Eleni Kokkidou), his tough wife; Lukas (Stavros Yakoulis), his foul-mouthed, playboy son; Kiki (Angeliki Papoulia), his equally gutter-mouthed daughter; and Vangelis (Yannis Voulgarakis), an employee being pressured to marry a pregnant Albanian. A family revelation occasions a slight pause before battle recommences. At the end of the day, there\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s not a great deal of point to the pic, though it plays more entertainingly than it sounds (from Variety.com).

Debut film for one of the most important and controversial new greek filmmakers.


IMDb.............: User Rating of 6.9/10

Year.............: 2002
Country..........: Greece
Runtime..........: 79 Minutes
Audio............: Greek (2.0 Dolby Digital)
Subtitles........: English
Video Format.....: PAL
Aspect Ratio.....: 1.78:1
DVD Format.......: Non-Anamorphic
DVD Source.......: DVD9
DVD Distributor..: Audio Visual
Program..........: DVD Decrypter

Menus............: Untouched

Video............: Untouched

DVD-extras.......: Untouched

DVD-Audio........: Untouched


Extras: Interactive Menus, Optical Scene Access, Theatrical Trailer, Biography – Filmography, Photo Gallery, Deleted Scenes, Pyromania, Reviews