The Reason Why

The Reason Why

Drama | Sept. 28, 1974

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.

The Reason Why

Drama | Sept. 28, 1974

The Reason Why
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.
Producers Giorgos Papalios Productions
Original title Δι' ασήμαντον αφορμήν
Directors Nikos Kavvadas, Tasos Psarras
Writers Tasos Psarras

Cast

Mihalis Bogiaridis

as Michalis

Stelios Kapatos

as Metsos

Byron Tsaboulas

as Pavlos

Vana Fitsori

as Koula

Giorgos Fourniadis

as Gregoris