Happy Day

Happy Day

1976 · 97 min · ★ 5.1 · Drama

A concentration camp on a barren island is hell for the exiled political prisoners. The everyday life of the prisoners consists of interrogations, psychological and physical violence, arbitrary punishments and other torments. One of the prisoners who refuses to yield is subjected to torture. Trying to escape, he falls into the sea. When the Queen visits the island, the prison guards find the runaway and murder him without a second thought, since he is already assumed dead.

Directed by Pantelis Voulgaris · Written by Pantelis Voulgaris

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