An intriguing new Greek comedy pulled of an unexpected coup at the London Film Festival last week beating out a whole host of prestigious new movies to pick up the Best Picture Award. Directed and co-written by Athina Rachel Tsangari, it is the tale of six male acquaintances who take to the high seas on a private yacht and embark on a rigorous series of personal and physical challenges to see who is the best and worthy of the title 'Chevalier'.
The individual challenges which these man take very seriously range from the farcically mundane, like assembling an IKEA piece of furniture, to the more highly personal such as when the men verbally arouse each other to compare erection sizes. It all boils down to simply who is the most macho, something that so many men can and will relate too, although in this instance, the results are highly amusing and positively surprising.
No date has been set yet for the movie's general release : watch this space.
