Director Ana Kokkinos has an eye for local color but spends little time developing the supporting characters.

In a way, the film is a kissing cousin to the 1960s kitchen sink dramas of the British cinema and the working-class angst of German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Anyone of any generation who has ever felt at odds with his or her environment can identify with the characters in Head On.

Dimitriades gives an impassioned performance, but the sleaze quickly grows monotonous.