Kinetta (2005)

March 12, 2024 1:44 PM

[TRAILER] During off-season at a Greek seaside resort, three strangers—a police officer out of uniform with a thing for German luxury cars and Russian women, an eccentric photographer, and a hotel chambermaid—join forces for a rather strange reason: to recreate homicides. Meticulously and with an almost ritualistic approach, the unlikely trio reenact crime scenes of brutal murders, to the point where the boundaries of their own private lives slowly begin to blur. The first feature film by Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things).

Starring Evangelia Randou, Aris Servetalis, Costas Xikominos.

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Yorgos Kakanakis. Produced by Athina Rachel Tsangari for Haos Film. Cinematography by Thimios Bakatakis. Edited by Yorgos Mavropsaridis. A Greek language film.

17% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Currently streamijng in the US on Kanopy and Metrograph. JustWatch listing.

posted by DirtyOldTown (3 comments total)

Hmm, sounds similar to his 2011 film Alps: "A group of people start a business where they impersonate the recently deceased in order to help their clients through the grieving process." I saw it once, but it was fairly dull, definitely weaker than Dogtooth and the other films he's known for. This ratings for this one don't inspire confidence either.

BTW, IMDB lists My Best Friend (2001) as his first feature-length film as director, although he didn't write it.
posted by Saxon Kane at 2:09 PM on March 12

He did co-direct that one, yeah. Depends on how you want to score that, I guess.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 2:36 PM on March 12

So, have you seen this one? What's your take?
posted by Saxon Kane at 4:31 PM on March 13