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     192 Nausikaa
    
     episode 02
     Deus Ex Machina

     14', Greece, 2021

ABOUT EPISODE 02

Episode 02 of 192 Nausikaa film is 14 minutes long and was completed in 2021. It is the first one of a series of nine episodes that will form a 90 min animated feature film. Although it is intended to form part of a future feature film, episode 02 is also an autonomous short film.

This film was created as an artwork and not a commercial product. It was filmed with real actors and then all frames were hand-painted with acrylic and oil paints on 300gr Bristol paper. In total, 5471 frames were painted (8 per second) within a 2-year period by Angelos Spartalis and 13 more painters. Color correction was done digitally. Also, excerpts from the following films were reimagined and painted: Cast Away, Watchmen, Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Dialogues and songs were performed in ancient Greek. The chorus sings verses from Sappho's epithalamium "Sweet apple" and fragment "Golden-haired Phoebus" along the music of the traditional song "My red apple". Ulysses' monologue to Nausikaa consists of the original verses from Rhapsody VI from Homer's Odyssey.

EPISODE 02 SUMMARY

In Homer's Odyssey, the Phaeacian princess, Nausikaa, and her friends are the first persons in world literature to play with a ball. According to one version, goddess Athena altered the course of the ball to lead Nausikaa to Ulysses. 3217 years later, Diego Armando Maradona said that the same happened to him, when he scored the goal that is known as the "Hand of God".

FILM SUMMARY

The crew of the mother spacecraft floating in empty space are buying vacation packages that can transport you for a while in any place in the universe you like, in any time of the past, the present or the future you choose. Young captain Nausikaa who is exhausted after the completion of a very dangerous, bloody expedition on asteroid 192, chooses to relax on the Phaeacian island where she will meet mythical and resourceful Ulysses once again.

TRAILER

STILLS
 

CAST
 

Nausika: Dimitra Spartali
Ulysses: George Spyridakis

Chorus: Maria Anagnostou, Emelia Geronti, Kalomira Manoli, Ioli Tavls, Kalliopi Tavla

Horse: Storm

CREDITS
 

Script, Direction, Painting, SFX, Sound & Sound design, Editing:
Angelos Spartalis

Painters:
Mara Apostolaki, Rania Afentouli, Marianna Ghika, Hristina Dalkeranidou, Manolis Kavousanos, Erato Kapetanaki, Evi Lazoura, Irena Ikonomou, Sophia Papadopoulou, Kostas Pliatsikas, Angela Svoronou, Dimitra Spartali, Ariana Filaktaki

Costume design: Kalliopi Zafeiropoulou
Constructions: Irini Bolanaki
Choreography, Kinesiology: Rita Marnellou
Horse trainer: Yiannis Pantazis
Make-up, Hair: Yianna Spartali

Cinematography: Loukianos Arnaoutakis, Giannis Bousdoglou
Music: Antonis Papaspyros
Sound mixing, Mastering: Vassilis Myrsinias
Storyboard: Angela Svoronou
SFX assistant: Giannis Bousdoglou
Scanning: George Papadomichelakis, Max Power Graphics
Graphic design: Manos Siganos

Literary editing: Markela Iliaki, Maria Karofillaki
Translation: Sofia Charalampous, Ilektra Seventekidou, Dimitris Vytiniotis

Producers: Angelos Spartalis & Angela Svoronou
Co-producer: Greek Film Centre
Production wish you luck films (c)2021

POSTER

LINKS
 

Official trailer, 60 sec

Poster 50x70cm, 300dpi

Official website

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