Illegal migration to Greece, Italy turned into movie

TIRANA, Dec. 26 – One of the most important contemporary directors in the world, Greek Thodoros Angelopoulos (1937) has start shooting his new film-concept, according to Greek Reporter. “The Other Sea” will be about illegal immigration and human trafficking from FYROM and Albania to Greece and Italy, as this is seen through the story of a businessman, who became a politician and the key figure of a traffickers’ ring.
With an estimated budget of 5 million Euros and given the poor finances of Greece at the moment, Turkish producer Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Italian producer Amedeo Pagani are the main funders of the new film production of Angelopoulos.
In fact, Mr. Pagani noted that the film aims at depicting the financial crisis plaguing Greece today.
The filming is planned to take place in Greece, and most particularly, in Piraeus, in Patras and in Rex Theatre. Filming is expected to last around 6 weeks.
Greek cinema portal http://flix.gr says the movie is about an amateur theater troupe composed of Greeks and economic migrants who struggle to stage Brecht’s masterpiece ‘The Threepenny Opera’ but fail miserably due to financial restrictions. Scheduled to shoot mostly in Athens, ‘The Other Sea’ is probably Angelopoulos’ first film to take place in an urban center, while the rest of the details concerning the cast, the shooting and release dates remain unknown. The film will unfold in two narrative dimensions, that of Brecht’s play and that of contemporary Athens, while the screenplay will focus on the financial crisis. Memories of ‘The Travelling Players’, inevitably evoked by the storyline, will contribute towards the director’s most ambitious project in some time.