Yparho

A very well directed with a very good script movie.

Mastoras was solid portraying the legend of Kazantzidis.

The movie also did an amazing job portray how the life and the entertainment was between the 1950s and the 1970s in Greece.

They also showed characters such as Marinella, Akis Panou and many more.

Amazing effort for Greek standards as i said before. They also showed. The matriarchy in the Greek families at that time when there was no father in the family.

Maybe the emotion because i loved Kazantzidis speaks right now and all the greek speaking viewers will love this just for the songs.

For those who don't know his story make a background check of Kazantzidis before seeing this.

The film is very enjoyable to watch and leaves you with a good memory that they respected a folk singer who left an era!. Beautiful, a film that creates nice feelings in you. Bravo to all the actors. Interesting film in terms of story and full of well-known favorite songs. Christos Mastoras was excellent in his performance and amazing in how close he had come to Kazantzidis' voice. It was a real surprise!! The female actors were excellent and very faithful in reviving their roles, both the singers and the mother. From the beautiful Greek works and directing, with respect for their characters and history. Bravo to all of you!

I'm Greek and I wasn't expecting from Mastoras playing so good this role especially when he was never an actor before and he didn't have an experience with acting since he is well known as a singer. He was very convincing like I was looking the actual life of Kazantzidis. Everyone played their role with an excellent performance and Mastoras voice was very similar to Kazantzidis voice. He needs all the respect he can gain from people because he is Worthing it. I'm hoping from Mastoras to see him in different projects too because I'm sure from his professionalism he will nail every role they give to him. What a talent and what a nice human being.

I'm sure that anyone knowledgeable about the Greek music scene would be constantly nodding with informed appreciation of the people and events depicted in this movie, but as an ignoramus I liked it fine anyway. I'm not sure that the release I saw included all the two hours and twelve minutes. There seemed to be gaps in the time line, even taking into account the framing device of a retrospective interview, But they caused no great confusion. Although the musical performances were abbreviated, they were plentiful and enjoyable. The character of Stelios is sketched in broad but believable strokes, and if I can trust the web, the script respects the truth. In one way the protagonist conforms to the usual showbiz biopic formula--- he's brilliant but dedicated to his work at the expense of his family life. But on the other hand, he is a quixotic campaigner for his vision of justice.

I will be honest: when I first heard that Mastoras was gonna portray Kazantzidis, I was dissapointed. I mean, the universally aclaimmed best Greek singer of all time is gonna be portrayed by a pop singer? Luckily, I was wrong. Mastoras has a unique way of immitating Kazantzidis' voice without sounding like a parody. His acting, although nothing amazing, was solid. The other actors played their part as well. If you take out the few "flatlines" that this flick has, it could have easily been a 9/10. Also, if you are not a familiar with Greek music of the 50-70s you won"t understand the references or the name drops.

To sum up, a solid movie and an amazing tribute to best Greek singer of the 20th century (if not of all centuries)