Disbelief in Greece after filming a sex scene on the acropolis

Stupor at Athena's sanctuary.The Athenian Acropolis has in turn familiar with the ancient believers close to the goddess of wisdom, with Christians fond of Marian worship, with the soldiers of the Ottoman era then with the waves of tourists who came to contemplate the prodigious vestigesclassic Greece.She may not expect to also welcome the Sibylline shooting of an independent short film.Including a sex scene between two men, crudely filmed on the camera shoulder in the middle of the millennial vestiges.The Greek Ministry of Culture, which did not issue a shooting authorization, did not expect it either.A preliminary investigation was launched to determine the circumstances behind this illegal audacity.

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"The archaeological site of the Acropolis is not appropriate for the creation of militant content or for any other type of activity or offense that can harm respect for the monument," said the Greek ministry of culture on Fridaya statement.The survey opened at the end of the week will in particular aim to identify any flaws in the safety of the Acropolis site which welcomes more than a million visitors per year.And to find the authors of the 36 -minute short film entitled Departmentnon (ξεπαρθενών, in its original Greek title).

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Broadcast in free access on the Internet, on December 21, the film features the existential, festive and erotic wanderings of a group of friends with a concealed face."A work of art as much as a political act", the short film presents, according to its anonymous authors, a sensual and contemporary reconquest of a monument which would symbolize "nationalism, the cult of antiquity, the patriarchy, themercantilism, mass culture and, among other things, sedentary lifestyle.»»

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The scandal scene is presented as a stimulant boldness, thought as the recreation of a past experience of a man from the group.As well as a tribute to the Plato banquet. «Santé, salacité et émeute !»», s'écrient ainsi les figurants le poing levé en direction de l'Acropole, avant de se rendre sur place.Turned in broad daylight, opposite the northern gantry of the erechtheion but hidden behind screening comrades, the sequence - which lasts only a handful of seconds - takes place when we can hear groups of tourists inThe immediate vicinity of the actors in work.

Put online in general indifference more than two weeks ago, the short film explicit began to be shared on social networks in the first days of January."As Greek, I'm ashamed, moved the president of the Greek actors' association on Friday, Spyros Bibilas, for the Greek television channel Ant1.You can't do anything and anything in the name of activism.From what I could see, moreover, I do not even consider it as a militant act, but just as something stupid.»»A feeling can be shared by the Sage Athena.In the absence of the immoderate Dionysos.

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