Biyografi Dünyası
Unfair World

Unfair World

Movie · 2011 · 3 people

Unfair World (Greek: Adikos kosmos) is a 2011 Greek-German co-production, shot in Greek and running 107 minutes. A drama with dark comedy, it is directed by Filippos Tsitos, whose previous feature was Plato's Academy. It became Greece's Oscar submission and took the top prize of the national film academy.

The story unfolds in Athens. Sotiris is an interrogation officer on the police force, and one day he decides to forgive the downtrodden and deliver his own justice. He kills a corrupt security guard to save an innocent person. The only witness is Dora, a cleaner, played by Theodora Tzimou. A closeness grows between the the two, yet things do not turn out the way either of them expects. Christos Stergioglou, Antonis Kafetzopoulos and Minas Hatzisavvas complete the cast. The film weighs love, honesty and the sense of justice while nodding openly to film noir.

Tsitos wrote the screenplay with Dora Masklavanou. The film premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, where Tsitos won Best Director and Kafetzopoulos won Best Actor. It was Greece's entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards but missed the final five, and it was named Best Film at the 3rd Hellenic Film Academy Awards. It also screened at the Istanbul Film Festival.

DirectorFilippos Tsitos
Unfair World Unfair World

Reactions

You can pick up to 3 reactions.

Cast

Only cast members with a profile on this site are listed.

Andon Kafecopulos Andon Kafecopulos Actor · 75 years old Minas Chatzisavvas Minas Chatzisavvas Actor · died at 67 Theodora Tzimou Theodora Tzimou Actor · 52 years old

Titles sharing this cast

More from this director

Through different eyes

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

In Unfair World Filippos Tsitos nods openly to film noir but filters the genre's conventions through a dry, dark humour. An interrogation officer who decides to deliver his own justice and a cleaner who is the only witness: on paper, a classic noir set-up. Tsitos's interesting choice is to make of this material not a thriller but a drama reflecting on love, honesty and justice. The prizes at San Sebastián, for the director and for Antonis Kafetzopoulos as best actor, suggest how finely that balance is struck. My reservation: the tone is so controlled that in places it is hard to connect emotionally with the characters, and the film ends up a little small next to the big question about justice it raises.

Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

A cop kills a man to save an innocent person, and the only witness is a cleaner: that is a great starting point for a thriller. But this is not a crime chase; it is a calm, slow-moving drama with dark humour. If you are expecting pursuits or big set pieces, your patience may be tested. The question of justice held my interest, but the pace felt too heavy for me.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

A film set in Athens and called Unfair World is already saying something with its title. Tsitos frames a state interrogation officer's decision to forgive the downtrodden as a quiet question aimed at institutions' claim to dispense justice. Making the only witness a cleaner also puts class at the heart of the story: the owner of labour that usually goes unseen suddenly becomes the key to events. The film does this without slogans, weaving it into questions of love and honesty. Still, the social cost of private justice is explored in less detail than the characters' inner lives.

These are not reader reviews: they are short editorial takes written from different viewer perspectives with AI assistance. Reader reviews are below.

Reviews (0)

Log in Log in to write a review.

Comments