TAILOR
2020, Sonia Liza Kenterman, Drama
Release: 2020
Runtime: 100 min
Country: Greece, Germany, Belgium
Genre: Drama
Language: Greek, Russian w/English subtitles
Cast: Dimitris Imellos, Tamilla Koulieva, Thanasis Papageorgiou, Stathis Stamoulakatos, Dafni Michopoulou
Crew:
Screenwriter: Sonia Liza Kenterman, Tracy Sunderland
Cinematagrapher: George Michelis
Editor: Dimitris Peponis
Music: Nikos Kypourgos
Producer: Ioanna Bolomyti
Co-Producers: Tanja Georgieva – Waldhauer, Melanie Andernach, Isabelle Truc
SYNOPSIS
Tailor is a dramatic Greek comedy about innovating to the extreme to keep a small business afloat. Nikos, the film’s namesake, is the last hope for his father’s enterprise: a reputable tailor shop that makes custom men’s suits. However, due to changing times, Nikos is unable to remain solvent.
Long in arrears with payments to their lender, the bank informs the father and son team that they must foreclose on their assets. Making matters more complicated, the father suddenly falls ill, leaving Nikos to figure out how to get cash coming in quickly. Niko’s luck holds up when his neighbor, Olga, reveals a talent for sewing and a desire to enter the garment business. They quickly team up and begin producing extravagant bridal wear that becomes the rage of Athens…much to the dismay of Olga’s jealous husband, who hardly approves of their relationship.
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REVIEWS
“Superlatively written and directed, with visual storytelling derived from the silent comedy tradition, Kenterman’s first feature is pure pleasure from first to last frame.”
FESTIVALS / AWARDS
- Hellenic Film Academy Awards – WINNER, Best Costume Design and Best Original Musical Score
- Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF)
- Thessaloniki Film Festival – FIPRESCI Prize, ERT Award