‘Sea of Glass’ Brings ‘Country Gothic Noir’ Tradition to Greece With Story of Two Women Finding Solidarity Across Generations

Nov 5, 2026 12:00am PT ‘Sea of Glass’ Brings ‘Country Gothic Noir’ Tradition to Greece With Story of Two Women Finding Solidarity Across Generations

Inspired by films including 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' and 'Thelma & Louise,' the third feature from 'Wednesday 04:45' director Alexis Alexiou screens at the Thessaloniki Film Festival

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Greek filmmaker Alexis Alexiou arrives at the Thessaloniki Intl. Film Festival with his third feature, “Sea of Glass,” fresh off its premiere out of competition at Edinburgh. The moody, noir-infused drama will have a special screening in Thessaloniki before a limited theatrical release across Greece on Nov. 12.

Best known for the Tribeca-premiering “Wednesday 04:45” — a sleek, Athens-set crime thriller that wore its debt to Michael Mann on its neon-infused sleeve — Alexiou’s latest unfolds in the off-season at a down-at-the-heels resort town on the island of Evia, an atmospheric locale for what he describes as a “country gothic noir.”

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