Immigration In Greek Cinema: HOSTAGE (105’ 2005)
Mon Sep 8 @ 8.15pm
- Price
- Adults $11/ Concession $9
- Bookings
- (02) 9550 3666
- Mode
- GA Theatre Mode (No Reserved Seating)
- Tickets
- On sale now @ Factory Theatre
- Buy tickets online
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HOSTAGE (Feature): One morning, a young man boards an inter-city bus on its daily route to Thessaloniki, in northern Greece. He hijacks the bus at gunpoint and takes seven of the passengers hostage. In his left hand he holds a grenade. In the right, a Kalashnikov. This is the story of 25-year-old Albanian immigrant Elion Senia. While his demands include a ransom of half-a-million euros and safe passage to his homeland, his basic cry is simple: “I want my honour”. As events unfold, they are broadcast live on national television. For the next twenty hours, a wild, and at times bleakly comic chase, winds its way through northern Greece. The bus leads a convoy of police cars, television crews, desperate relatives, and bystanders….all the while heading towards the Albanian border….
