Roula Pateraki
Acting
Biography
He was born in Thessaloniki in 1944, while he lives and works in Athens. A graduate of English Literature at the Philosophy School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, he studied theater at the Drama School of Kyriazis Haratsaris and was a member of the professional troupe Elefthero Theatro. Her companion was the prose writer Yiannis Panou.
Known For
Fiction, reality and delusion gradually merge during the making of ‘Killerwood’, a thriller about a series of unsolved murders in modern-day Athens.
Killerwood
The days of May 1936 in Thessaloniki and the events that led to the bloody clashes between the tobacco workers and the army are described in this film in a clear way. The people are the protagonists, and the narrative does not insist on drama or exaggeration. Of particular importance is also the presentation of the way in which the country was led, through a specific plan, to the dictatorship of Metaxas, on August 4, 1936.