Norway
Theatrical release poster
Directed byYannis Veslemes
Written byYannis Veslemes
Produced by
  • Yorgos Tsourgiannis
  • Christos V. Konstantakopoulos
Starring
CinematographyChristos Karamanis
Edited byYannis Chalkiadakis
Music byFelizol
Production
company
Horsefly Productions
Release date
  • 7 July 2014 (2014-07-07) (KVIFF)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryGreece

Norway (Greek: Νορβηγία) is a 2014 Greek black comedy horror film written and directed by Yannis Veslemes, who also composed its score under the alias Felizol.[1] Set in 1984, the film stars Vangelis Mourikis as a hedonistic vampire named Zano, who arrives in Athens and becomes involved in an elaborate plot with a couple he meets at a disco club.[1][2]

Norway premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic on 7 July 2014.[1][3]

Production

Development

Writer-director Yannis Veslemes described the character of Zano as "A vampire that combines everything I love and hate about New Greeks."[4] The film derives its title from the 1984 song "Norway" by the Greek band Without a Necklace.[4]

Filming

Filming took place in the summer of 2012.[4]

Reception

Stephen Dalton of The Hollywood Reporter called Norway "a feverish exercise in heavily stylized weirdness", noting Veslemes's "bold ideas and stylistic verve" but writing that the film "suffers from a rambling plot and too many digressions into surreal whimsy that undermine the main narrative."[1]

In 2023, Matt Donato of IGN ranked Norway number 19 on his list of the 25 best vampire movies of all time, writing, "I promise you will never see a groovier, more fleet-of-foot vampire hallucination than Norway".[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Dalton, Stephen (15 July 2014). "'Norway': Karlovy Vary Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Brown, Todd (2 July 2014). "Greek Vampire Must Dance In Yiannis Veslemes' Trippy Norway". Screen Anarchy. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  3. ↑ Krassakopoulos, George (3 June 2014). "Η «Νορβηγία» του Γιάννη Βεσλεμέ στο φεστιβάλ του Κάρλοβι Βάρι". Flix.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "Οθόνες / H "Νορβηγία" θα συζητηθεί πολύ το φετινό φθινόπωρο". Lifo (in Greek). 14 August 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Donato, Matt (9 March 2023). "The 25 Best Vampire of All Time". IGN. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
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