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UNPLANNED/ Ektos Schediou
Director: Menios Ditsas
Cast/Narrators: Eva Kotamanidou and Christos
Tsangas
This documentary features the Gypsy community,
their origins, their history and the daily problems they face in
Greece. Their special social characteristics, their nomadic perception
of life, childhood, work, education, their social mores and traditions,
their musical skill, their weddings and celebrations. A special
element of this film is the attempt to fuse the narration with the
tales of the gypsies and excerpts from Costis Palamas’ poem
“The Twelve Words of the Gypsy”.
Screenplay:
Menios Ditsas
Cinematography:
Prokopis Dafnos and Costas Papanastassatos
Editing:
Angelos Troianos
Sound:
Argyris Lazaridis and Vassilis Ditsios
Producer:
Alki Ditsa
Production:
Fasma Ltd, GFC, ERT S.A., P.
Dafnos World Sales:
GFC Colour, SR
Menios Ditsas Filmography
2005: Unplanned
1992-93: Cad (part of the triptych The Yard with
the Trash)
1991: A Car Society (doc)
1990: Night Exit
1979-1980: Somewhat Like This, Koufonissi, The
Island of Purple (doc) and The Old Factory (doc)
Born in Piraeus in 1943, he studied Architecture
at the Thessaloniki Polytechnic and Film and Theatre in Athens.
From 1973 to 1979 he made independent film productions and directed
political documentaries. He also directed for the stage.
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