Film: Unfair World
Director: Filippos Tsitos
Country: Greece
Unfair World tells the story of a policeman who has decided that
the law is not necessarily fair and he might just make a few exceptions
to settle the balance of fairness and unfairness in the world. However,
as the consequences of his actions unravel and his life becomes
entwined with that of his office cleaner neighbour, things spiral out of
control.
The film has really interesting things
to say on the nature of fairness and how our perception of this affects
the decisions we make and actions we take. Do we justify the less
moral things we do because we feel the world owes us? And what is fair
anyway? It looks at these ideas from many different angles and doesn't
come up with any easy answers. But it is an interesting filter through which to show
characters' motivation and behaviour.
The
central performances from Antonis Kafetzopoulos and Christos Stergioglou are excellent, and on the whole the characters
don't act to stereotype or necessarily as you would expect.
Unfair World moves at a gentle pace and allows each ongoing consequence to
unfold slowly and intriguingly. It is also an interesting sideways look
at the effects of recent financial problems with all the injustice that
has gone with it.
Overall, this is a very interesting film and an intriguing drama.
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