The Fear by Kostas Manoussakis | 1966

Available online at Onassis Channel on YouTube from February 19 to 21, 2021 | Duration: 102'

15.02.2021

Syllas Tzoumerkas (2020 Iris Award, Best Film Director, for the film The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea) has selected "The Fear" as one of the Greek films that have inspired his work. The screening is part of the initiative "Open Cinema", a collaboration between Onassis Culture and the Hellenic Film Academy.

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Synopsis

The son of a farmer rapes and kills the family’s deaf-mute maid. His father and stepmother decide to cover up the crime, disposing of the body in a lake.

Awards & Distinctions

Nominated for the Golden Bear at the 1966 Berlin International Film Festival

The boldest shift away from charted waters and, artistically speaking, the most remarkable success was ‘The Fear’ by Kostas Manoussakis. Here, meaningful and knotty content finds the cinematic expression it deserves. It is without doubt a work of national filmmaking because it takes an unflinching look at our sicknesses and problems as a people from within, not picturesquely from without.

Yiannis Bakoyiannopoulos

Credits

Produced by: Damaskinos – Michaelides
Written & Directed by: Kostas Manoussakis
Cinematography by: Nikos Gardelis
Music by: Yannis Markopoulos
Starring: Anestis Vlahos, Elli Fotiou, Alexis Damianos, Mary Chronopoulou, Elena Nathanael, Spyros Fokas, and others