On Tuesday 25 October at 19:00 and on Wednesday 26 October at 21:00 the film MAGNETIC FIELDS (Greece, 2021, 78 min, colour, road movie) directed by Yorgos Goussis will be screened in cinema Utopia, in the Greek original version with English subtitles. The film is suitable for children over 12.
Synopsis
Magnetic Fields follows solo traveler Elena, who after deciding to change course on a whim finds herself on a ferry. There she meets Antonis, who is traveling to an island cemetery to bury a box containing his aunt’s bones. When his car breaks down Elena offers him a ride, setting them off on a series of misadventures. Having enjoyed each other’s company and having formed an effortless connection, they decide to keep wandering around the island in search of a good place to bury the box.
Comic-book artist and debuting filmmaker Yorgos Goussis surveils the quite magnetic attraction between two eccentric strangers, as they cross paths on a mountainous Greek island.
Cast
Elena Topalidou, Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, Nikos Spanidis
Yorgos Goussis was born in 1986 in Athens. He is an award-winning comic book artist who has penned numerous best-selling graphic novels. In 2019, he made his directorial debut with “The Arm Wrestler,” which won the Greek Film Academy’s Best Greek Short Documentary award in 2020. Magnetic Fields is his first feature film, Greece’s entry for the Best International Feature Film Award at the 2023 Academy Awards.
A few words about the director
Yorgos Goussis was born in 1986 in Athens. He is an award-winning comic book artist who has penned numerous best-selling graphic novels. In 2019, he made his directorial debut with “The Arm Wrestler,” which won the Greek Film Academy’s Best Greek Short Documentary award in 2020. Magnetic Fields is his first feature film, Greece’s entry for the Best International Feature Film Award at the 2023 Academy Awards.
