Anna lives with her father
in the house she has
inherited from her mother.
An unbearable silence,
imposed by feelings of
guilt, prevails in Anna's
house after her mother's
death.
Communication with her
father is difficult and
often impossible.
Anna
meets Alexander, a very
succes full dancer
choreographer. Alexander's
midlife crisis is leading
him to an unexpected,
selfish and often
selfdistructive behaviour
in his personal life and
artistic activity.
Trapped in the impasse ,
ordained by his fears, he
feigns an injury and starts
behaving like an invalid.
His false infirmity, while
at first seems to be a
solution to most of his
problems, will eventually
become a source of many
more anxieties.
When he meets Anna he is
isolated. Although he
realises Anna's input in
his life, he is unable to
respond and appreciate this
new relationship. Anna
admires Alexander and she
is even fascinated by his
weaknesses.
The difficult confrontation
between them and her daily
demanding exercise in the
art of attack and defence
in fencing will lead her to
an exhausting emotional
state. She ventures a
decisive confrontation with
her father, in her attempt
to put an end to their
silence and finally face
the ghosts of their past,
still haunting them.
A rare strength that will
give her the courage to
tackle her life and the
tournament. Just before her
father's death Anna has won
both the quality she longed
for in their relationship
and the championship in the
tournament.
Festival Circuit
Dancing Soul
opened
theatrically
in Greece the 29th of
January 1999.
Since it has won three
awards. It has been
awarded:
* Bronze Award at Worldfest
International Film Festival
in Houston, USA
* Prix Agenda 21 at ECOFILM
International Film Festival
in Lille, France
* State Quality Award
at Thessaloniki
International Film Festival
in Greece.
Dancing Soul has also been selected in the following
film
festivals in the Competition Sections:
*2001
DOGME 95 section of the
upcoming Alexandria
festival
in Egypt.
*2000 Worldfest
International Film Festival
in Houston, USA
*2000 Bermuda
International Film Festival
in Bermuda
*2000 ECOFILM
International Film Festival
Lille in France
*2000 Palm Beach
International Film Festival
in the USA
*1999 Thessaloniki
International Film Festival
in Greece
*1999 Mumbai
International Film Festival
in India
*1999 Rome International
Film Festival in Italy
*1999 Alexandria
International Film Festival
in Egypt
*1999 Shanghai
International Film Festival
in China
*1999 MIFF Milano
International Film Festival
in Italy.
Review:
What critics say...
"Beautiful aesthetic and
artistic sense of frame,
careful and correct use of
the good cinematography, a
careful art direction and
many fruitful visual
compositions." Cinema
"This is a poetic film, a
love story where the heroes
use their bodies as their
basic tool of expression
and thus the film offers
the opportunity to the
viewer to enjoy impressive
choreographies and fencing
scenes." Makedonia
Daily paper
"An artistic achievement,
with elaborate aesthetics
and careful use of music. A
very sensitive approach."
Eleftheros Typos
Daily paper
Film Credits
Director
Lucia Rikaki
Screenplay
Lucia Rikaki, Georges Notaras
Photo
Argyris
Theos
Editing
Takis Yiannopoulos
Setting
Antonis Chalkias
Costume
Antonis Chalkias
Music
Katerina Lipiridou,
Thimios Papadopoulos,
Thanassis Rikakis, Clara
Schuman, Fanny Mendelson