Extrarradio (film)

Extrarradio
Theatrical release poster for the Montecara Film Festival
Directed by	Vasilios Zografopoulos
Written by	Vasilios Zografopoulos
Screenplay by	Dimitrios Laskarallis
Story by	Vasilios Zografopoulos
Produced by	ALKX PRT
Starring	Georgios Mellou Sofia Zografouti See: cast
Music by	Chryssa Vlahakou
Production company	ALKX
Distributed by	Piraean Radio and Television
Release dates	23 September 2022 (2022-09-23)
Running time	104 Minutes
Country	Piraea
Language	Piraean
Budget	€ 4,100,000
Box office	€ 25 million

Extrarradio (Piraean: Περίχωρα; Gaullican: Banlieue) is a Piraean drama film produced and released in 2022. It was written and directed by Vasilios Zografopoulos, and filmed entirely in the city of Alikianos. Extrarradio follows the life of two young adults in their 20s, which live in buildings of the periphery of Alikianos separated from the core of the city by a motorway, as the two explore love, heroin and their own sexuality in the decade of the 1990s and the heroin crisis that bursted in poor and middle class neighbourhoods of the city.

The film received favourable critics, although it was seen as a crude picture of the time and lives of young people in the 1990s, a decade of democratic openness and economic liberalisation, but also harsh social contrasts and a lack of opportunities.

Plot

The film begins following Vasilios Kormatos (Georgios Mellou) from behind while crossing the bridge that connects Alikianos with the social housing neighbourhood of Agios Gerasimos, separated in by the A1 motorway, the first ring road of the city. In his walk, Kormatos salutes friends and passes by rubbish and heroin addicts, before finding his girlfriend Eva Pipoti (Sofia Zografouti) at the entrance of his building.

Filmning

The A2 Motorway is the first ring road of Alikianos; most the film elapses in a neighbourhood of social housing built in the decade of the 1970s, which highlights social differences on both sides of the road.