Strella

Forty-eight-year-old Yorgos is released from prison, after a 15-year sentence for a murder he committed in his native village. He spends his first night of freedom at a cheap hotel in the center of Athens, where he meets a trans prostitute named Strella. They sleep together and soon they fall in love. But Yorgos’s past catches up with him, and he ends up in a different “prison.” Along with Strella, he will have to find a way out.

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Direction: Panos H. Koutras

Script: Panos H. Koutras, Panayotis Evangelidis

Cinematography: Olympia Mytilinaiou

Editing: Yannis Chalkiadakis

Sound: Panos Tzelekis

Music: Mikael Delta

Actors: Mina Orfanou, Yannis Kokiasmenos, Minos Theoharis, Betty Vakalidou, Akis Ioannou, Argyris Kavidas, Konstantinos Siradakis, Yorgos Mazis

Production: 100% Synthetic Films

Producers: Eleni Kossyfidou, Panos H. Koutras

Co-production: Greek Film Center

Costumes: Vassilios Barbarigos

Sets: Pinelopi Valti

Make Up: Apollonia B., Mary Stavrakaki

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Greece

Production Year: 2009

Duration: 113'

Distribution in Greece: 100% Synthetic Films (100synth.films@gmail.com)

Contact: Playtime (info@playtime.group)

Panos H. Koutras

Born in Athens. He studied film at the London Film School, and Sorbonne (Paris I). In 1995, he founded the production company 100% Synthetic Films. He has written and directed five feature films, and co-produced four of them. His films have traveled to festivals and theaters worldwide. He lives and works in Athens and Paris.

Filmography

1983 The Belch of Lydia Von Bürer (short)
1984 Misty Days of Spring (short)
1987 Strange Relationship (short)
1988 The Fall and Rise of Lydia Von Bürer (short)
1989 Afternoon Stars (short)
1999 The Attack of the Giant Moussaka
2004 Real Life
2009 Strella
2014 Xenia
2022 Dodo