Selected to represent Greece at this year's Oscars is
writer/director Asimina Proedrou's Behind the Haystacks. The film tells the story of a Greek fisherman who makes a lucrative
sideline in smuggling migrants across the border from North Macedonia. A
tragic incident has repercussions for his family.
Stathis Stamoulakatos, Eleni Ouzounidou, Evgenia Lavda and
Christos Kontogeorgis star.
Behind the Haystacks makes its US premiere on streaming
service Film Movement on February 26th. A UK/ROI release has yet to be
announced.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Stergios, a middle-aged fisherman living on Greece’s northern border, is drowning in debt, so he begins smuggling migrants across Dorian Lake, the border lake dividing North Macedonia and Greece, in exchange for a hefty fee. His wife, a housewife and devout churchgoer, is seeking the truth in God’s Word, while their daughter tries to define her own life within an oppressive environment. Until a tragic incident strikes the family, pushing the three heroes to face their own personal impasses and weaknesses, whilst having to consider, for the first time in their life, the price to pay for their actions.
