1983 · crime · cult · youth
Sweet Bunch
Directed by Nikos Nikolaidis2h 32m1983
The diary of the life and death of a group of "amoral" young people, who have reached the point of no return and seek something to believe in and to die for. Their behavior brings them to the attention of the State. A discreet surveillance begins. A vigilante group monitors their house, headed by a nameless blonde man.
Our read: Sweet Bunch (1983) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive crime · cult · youth entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, extreme crime / cult, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
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