The Reason Why (1974)

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Released:
1974-09-28

Overview:
Michalis returns to the tobacco growers of his rural village after having spent some time in the city and persuades them to form a collective, rather than suffer the poverty-inducing prices they are paid for their crops by tobacco brokers. They agree not to sell to any of the brokers and start to form a farmers' group. When one of the farmers breaks the agreement and is found dead, Michalis is accused. However, rather than expose the farmers' plight and give publicity to the brokers' greed, the motive the government gives for the killing is thi asimanton aformin, for unimportant reasons.

Director:
Tasos Psarras

Runtime:
2h 0min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Mihalis Bogiaridis
    as
    Michalis
  • Stelios Kapatos
    as
    Metsos
  • Byron Tsaboulas
    as
    Pavlos
  • Vana Fitsori
    as
    Koula
  • Giorgos Fourniadis
    as
    Gregoris