Chevalier (film)

Chevalier
Film poster
Directed by	Athina Rachel Tsangari
Produced by	Maria Hatzakou Christos V. Konstantakopoulos
Written by	Efthymis Filippou Athina Rachel Tsangari
Starring	Giannis Drakopoulos
Cinematography	Christos Karamanis
Edited by	Matthew Johnson Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Production company	Faliro House Productions Greek Film Center Haos Film
Distributed by	Feelgood Entertainment
Release dates	12 August 2015 (Locarno) 26 November 2015 (Greece)
Running time	105 minutes[1]
Country	Greece
Language	Greek

Chevalier is 2015 Greek comedy film directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari and co-written by Tsangari and Efthymis Filippou. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.^[2][3] It was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.^[4][5]

Cast

• Makis Papadimitriou
• Yiorgos Kendros
• Panos Koronis
• Vangelis Mourikis
• Efthymis Papadimitriou
• Yorgos Pirpassopoulos
• Sakis Rouvas
• Giannis Drakopoulos
• Nikos Orphanos
• Kostas Filippoglou

Release

Chevalier premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival on 12 August 2015 before being released theatrically in Greece on 26 November 2015. It was released in Germany on April 21, 2016 and had a positive review in Der Spiegel.

Critical reception

The film received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 82% score based on 56 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10.^[6] Metacritic reports a 74 out of 100 rating based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[7]

Accolades

It was named the Best Film in the Official Competition at the London Film Festival, on 17 October 2015. The jury described it as "both a hilarious comedy and a deeply disturbing statement on the condition of western humanity."^[8]

See also

• List of submissions to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Greek submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. "Chevalier (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
2. "Sandra Bullock's 'Our Brand Is Crisis,' Robert Redford's 'Truth' to Premiere at Toronto". Variety. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
3. "Chevalier". TIFF. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
4. "Το «Chevalier» της Αθηνάς Ραχήλ Τσαγκάρη θα εκπροσωπήσει την Ελλάδα στα Όσκαρ του 2017". 15 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
5. Grivas, Alexis (21 September 2016). "Greece submits 'Chevalier' to Oscars". Screen Daily. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
6. "Chevalier (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
7. "Chevalier reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
8. "Women Reign Supreme at London Film Festival". What's Worth Seeing. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

External links

• Chevalier at the Internet Movie Database
• Chevalier at Box Office Mojo
• Chevalier at Rotten Tomatoes
• Chevalier at Metacritic