It could have been so gloriously camp… but instead we get a wattpad wet dream ode to machismo and lesbian sex scenes straight from cis guy fantasy land.
Greece. A small, impoverished city-state dominated by a massive refinery—its only source of income: oil. The men, all armed, hold absolute power. Their leader, Nikos, is gravely ill and must arrange his succession. Shock spreads when he includes his protégé, Maria, among the contenders. The fate of this young woman—unaware of the most tragic part of her family’s past—will be turned upside down by the arrival of Eleni, a singer at the town’s bar.
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2Gorgonà is showing in 1 cinema in Athens — next screening Monday 3 August at 21:00 at Cine Martha Karagianni.
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They Onassied too close to the sun
Abrasive tone and hateable characters, Greece’s answer to Mad Max is somehow less gay than Fury Road and Furiosa even with a lead character that's ostensibly a queer woman, who engages in two long and explicit lesbian sex scenes. The moment the two queer women meet, one of them flirts by approaching the other and sensually rubbing a gun that's shoved into the front of her short shorts.The machismo is unbearable. The style is ugly and offputting. It's the woman that can Man best!! Manning means shooting guns shirtless with ear splitting music overlaid. This isn't feminism my dudes. Feminism isn't hitting a target better than the men. This is like Clare Denis's Beau Travail sans an iota of irony and critique. Staggering.There is a scene where the two women have a long boring sex scene and then ride around on a jetski (!?!?!) before stopping to pee standing up, giggling about the mess they've made. The film ultimately ends (SPOILER lol) with an uplifting shot of the lead riding into the sunset on her neon lit and diamond bedazzled jetski. what even is film This was made for straight men, not queer women. Even with the revelation this was made by a queer woman can't change that fact for me!!! Atrocious movie.
Common questions
What is Gorgonà about?+
Set in an impoverished Greek city-state controlled by an oil refinery, the film follows a young woman navigating patriarchal power struggles and a pivotal romantic connection.
Who directed Gorgonà?+
The film was directed by Evi Kalogiropoulou, a Greek visual artist known for her distinct dystopian aesthetic.
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