Happy Day
The film depicts the penal experience of political prisoners exiled to a small Aegean island during the military junta and in particular one prisoner's refusal to submit. A concentration camp on a bar…
Happy Day
The film depicts the penal experience of political prisoners exiled to a small Aegean island during the military junta and in particular one prisoner's refusal to submit. A concentration camp on a barren island is hell for the exiled prisoners. The everyday life of the people who live there consists of interrogations, psychological and physical violence, arbitrary punishments and other torments. One of the prisoners who refuses to yield is subjected to torture. Trying to escape, he falls into the sea. When the Queen visits the island, the prison guards find the runaway and murder him without a second thought, since he is already assumed dead. —Anonymous Against the backdrop of a political dissident detention camp on a desolate, wind-swept island prison, back-breaking hard labour and strong-arm scare tactics break the inmates' will. Under the scorching summer sun, the men must prepare the correctional facility for the arrival of a prestigious guest and her entourage and put on a play for their entertainment. However, one of the convicts, a silently rebellious idealist who doggedly refuses to renounce his beliefs, has other plans in store for his captors. Is he playing with fire? —Nick Riganas
Happy Day
Drama
Film Details
The film depicts the penal experience of political prisoners exiled to a small Aegean island during the military junta and in particular one prisoner's refusal to submit. A concentration camp on a barren island is hell for the exiled prisoners. The everyday life of the people who live there consists of interrogations, psychological and physical violence, arbitrary punishments and other torments.
One of the prisoners who refuses to yield is subjected to torture. Trying to escape, he falls into the sea. When the Queen visits the island, the prison guards find the runaway and murder him without a second thought, since he is already assumed dead.
—Anonymous Against the backdrop of a political dissident detention camp on a desolate, wind-swept island prison, back-breaking hard labour and strong-arm scare tactics break the inmates' will. Under the scorching summer sun, the men must prepare the correctional facility for the arrival of a prestigious guest and her entourage and put on a play for their entertainment. However, one of the convicts, a silently rebellious idealist who doggedly refuses to renounce his beliefs, has other plans in store for his captors.
Is he playing with fire? —Nick Riganas.