Xenia

This won a few awards...incredible, considering the other films it was pitted against. Did we watch the same film as the award-givers?!?

After 5 minutes, the general consensus was that the character and the actor (Kostas Nikouli as Danny) should be eradicated from the face of the earth...promptly. Irritable bowel syndrome is a more pleasant experience than this little, antagonising, lollipop-sucking, rabbit-stroking, metaphorical monster. A performance that defies credibility. A performance that will arouse dormant violent tendencies.

Now, there is a saying...an actor is only as good as his/hers director...oops.

The story...there is a shred of a good premise, undocumented soon-to-be-deported half-Albanian brothers try to find their errant, wealthy Greek father...for a DNA test, Greek passports and a little money...sounds interesting. However, throw into the mix...a giant white rabbit (?!), Greece's version of the X-Factor, some cacophonous Eurovision-esque pop songs, a lurid script, that hideous performance...and that faint light of potential is extinguished - faster than an eye can blink.

Bold ambition is admirable when the required talent is available...otherwise, it becomes a catastrophic fiasco.

This is an award-winning fiasco.

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