A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
June 26, 2021
Original Title:
Made in Vain
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Ekso Productions
Production Countries:
Greece
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 82
Personal demons, ongoing struggle with the mirror, sacrifices, goals, bottled-up feelings, hardcore training, and diet shape the daily life of bodybuilders. Their struggle to become professional bodybuilders is endless and excruciating, the competition is intense. All the months of intense preparation lead to a few moments on stage in front of the judges where they show off the body they have been building for so long. Some call it an iron sport, a lifestyle, a vanity, while to others bodybuilding is a religion. All agree, though, that once a bodybuilder, always a bodybuilder.
Director:
Michail Klioumis
Director of Photography:
Petros Nousias
Editor:
Ioanna Pogiantzi
Music:
Christos Antoniou
Producer:
Louizos Aslanidis
Sound:
Aris Louziotis
Writer:
Michail Klioumis
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