'Matter of attitude', 'Xenia' in its original title, by Panos H. Koutras is the film chosen by Greece for the Oscar preselection for best foreign language film of this next edition of the Hollywood Academy Awards.
The greek tape will seek the sixth nomination for his country and thus try again to get the first statuette for a cinematography that, although nobody believes it, has not yet won this award.
Mihalis Kakogiannis, won the candidacy for the Mediterranean country on two occasions, in 1962 with 'Electra' ('Ilektra') and in 1977 with 'Ifigenia' ('Iphigenia'), also on two occasions she has obtained the nomination for the country Vasilis Georgiadis in 1963 and 1965 for 'The Red Lights' ('Ta kokkina fanaria') and 'Blood on earth' ('To Homa vaftike kokkino') respectively. The last time Greece came to the gala was in 2011 when he opted for the Yorgos Lanthimos award with 'Canino' ('Kynodontas').
'Matter of attitude', fourth film by Panos H. Koutras, cars from films like 'Strella, more than a woman' ('Strella'), was present at the 2014 edition of the Cannes Film Festival within the section A certain look and later it was done with the Gijón Festival Jury Special Prize of that same year.
The tape counts the story of Dany and Odyssey, aged 16 and 18, who set out on a journey from Athens to Thessaloniki to find their father after their mother's death. The boys are Albanian on their mother's side, so they wait for their father to recognize them in order to receive Greek nationality, since they are foreigners in their own country.