Nice effects though.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

The issue is sovereignty.When you visit the military museum in Athens you will find that Greek history is blacked out between 1944 and 1949 jumping from the Nazi retreat in 1944 to The Korean war.This Movie tells some of that missing story and is a good start for the healing process of the Hellenic Nation. It is impossible to understand what is being undone now by means of reforms under brutal austerity which will bring back old conflict and strive and direct the nation on course of a new civil war. The meddling of exterior parties in Greek affairs has never been greater since the civil war of 1944-49. The war on Greeks is waged financially economically, with information as primary weapon. In 2012 people die, not by napalm but because of lack of Medication and increased suicide rate. And again, they die on both sides.

There were some brilliant scenes in the movie, especially some of the scenes when the two brothers meet and the scene in the snow and the tent. Really captured the pain of a civil war.As Guns and Roses say: what's so civil about war anyway?My biggest gripe about the film was that it seemed to paint the communist guerrillas in much more favorable light than they deserved. Americans come across as the nasty guys. Very stereotype. Anyone wonder what Greece would have been like if the Soviets did come to the guerrilla's rescue (as some of the characters long)?A film worth watching.

Given the seriousness of the subject-matter about a period that has left an indelible mark in Greek history and bearing Pantelis Voulgaris's strong directorial credentials in mind, it's astonishing to come across a movie as shallow as this. The main plot about two brothers fighting in opposite sides in Greek Civil War is contrived and unconvincing, and when the movie loses its footing it simply resorts to lyricism flatly deploring the effects of civil war. Psyhi Vathia, in its inability to decide what it wants to be or how it should say what it wants to say, loses any real interest in politics as well and it is finally reduced to a rather naive statement of patriotism depriving the audience of a thorough and credible insight at the machinations that brought this war. A few good battle scenes and beautiful woods cinematography do not save the day.

This is the story of two brothers, Anestis and Vlasis who fight in two different camps during the Greek civil war. The story takes place in 1949, the last year of the war and probably the year that the most ferocious battles took place between the guerrillas and the Greek Army. In this story the two brothers(who are not even adults) have to face their worst fear:Losing each other. While the story evolves, the audience can see the most realistic to date, images of this brutal war who cost the lives of 70.000 soldiers on both sides and resulted in the immigration of over 500.000 non combatants.In this movie, almost everything seem realistic: Directing is great and the actors have been selected with great caution in order their appearance, voice and acting style fits almost perfectly with their roles. The director uses technics that make the audience feel that it is near the battlefield.The music that is used creates a realistic and depressing atmosphere that represents this period of great misery and pain. Another important feature of this film is that the story is being told from a neutral side: Since in this war there was no true winner and both armies were Greek, the director gives us each side's view. We will have an insight of what the Greek Army soldiers say and feel along with their rival guerrilla soldiers.Concluding, by all means this is probably one of the best Greek movies of all time and most likely the best of the last decade. Besides subjective objections that everyone of us has when watching a movie, as a whole this war drama surpasses even the equivalent movies of the 1960s and 1970s era and proves that Greek cinema has still things to give.