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THE FILM
KLEOS (Greek κλέος)- n. Renown. Glory.
KLEOS
a film by Elisabeth Gray
I do love nothing in the world so well as you, is not that strange?
--William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
At an eerily isolated Cretan resort, a Hollywood writing couple on the brink of divorce discover “The End” of both their screenplay and their marriage…and maybe even their lives.
SHOOT LOCATION:
Marmara, Greece (near Loutro, Crete)
SHOOT DATES:
October 06 - October 29th, 2017
SHORT SYNOPOSIS:
Divorce isn’t easy. Neither is writing a screenplay. Wesley Banks and Julia Stride-Banks are attempting both. At the same time. In an effort to create neutral territory to rewrite their thriller screenplay that has just been sold to the big boys of Hollywood (After years as poor artists, their first sale ever!) and also to negotiate their divorce settlement, Wesley and Julia travel to the island of Crete for a writing retreat in the middle of nowhere. Wesley has moved on, and unbeknownst to Julia, has a pregnant girlfriend and plenty of reasons to legally end the marriage as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Julia is pumped up on fertility treatments and angling for a pregnancy. The isolated taverna where they are staying provides plenty of fodder for their writing—abandoned water caves, mysterious gorges and caves, thrilling cliffs—and before they know it, they’ve resolved most of the problems with their script through the inspiration of their environment. But life starts imitating art when the scenarios they dream up for in their thriller screenplay start unfolding before them in real life— until it becomes apparent that only one of them will depart this marriage and this island alive. Misery meets Adaptation in this dark comedy thriller about the dangers of declaring “till death do us part”…especially when it’s time to walk away.
a film by Elisabeth Gray
I do love nothing in the world so well as you, is not that strange?
--William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
At an eerily isolated Cretan resort, a Hollywood writing couple on the brink of divorce discover “The End” of both their screenplay and their marriage…and maybe even their lives.
SHOOT LOCATION:
Marmara, Greece (near Loutro, Crete)
SHOOT DATES:
October 06 - October 29th, 2017
SHORT SYNOPOSIS:
Divorce isn’t easy. Neither is writing a screenplay. Wesley Banks and Julia Stride-Banks are attempting both. At the same time. In an effort to create neutral territory to rewrite their thriller screenplay that has just been sold to the big boys of Hollywood (After years as poor artists, their first sale ever!) and also to negotiate their divorce settlement, Wesley and Julia travel to the island of Crete for a writing retreat in the middle of nowhere. Wesley has moved on, and unbeknownst to Julia, has a pregnant girlfriend and plenty of reasons to legally end the marriage as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Julia is pumped up on fertility treatments and angling for a pregnancy. The isolated taverna where they are staying provides plenty of fodder for their writing—abandoned water caves, mysterious gorges and caves, thrilling cliffs—and before they know it, they’ve resolved most of the problems with their script through the inspiration of their environment. But life starts imitating art when the scenarios they dream up for in their thriller screenplay start unfolding before them in real life— until it becomes apparent that only one of them will depart this marriage and this island alive. Misery meets Adaptation in this dark comedy thriller about the dangers of declaring “till death do us part”…especially when it’s time to walk away.
