Greece

  • Dinos Dimopoulos – O anthropos tou trainou AKA The man on the train (1958)

    1951-1960Dinos DimopoulosDramaGreeceMystery

    Synopsis:
    A respectably bourgeois couple, Mando and her husband, decide to go by car to Nauplion, along with a group of friends. At a train crossing, Mando sees someone she knows in one of the windows of the passing train. She becomes very upset, on the verge of fainting, but manages to control herself. A little later, she sees the same man at the ancient theater of Epidaurus during a performance of Medea. And, as if that weren’t enough, the man is staying at their hotel. He looks exactly like Giorgos Pavlidis, the love of her life, a man whom everybody thought was killed by the Germans, but who, from what it seems, is alive.Read More »

  • Michael Cacoyannis – The Trojan Women (1971)

    1971-1980DramaEpicGreeceMichael Cacoyannis

    For this ambitious screen version of one the most powerful works of classic Greek theater, director Michael Cacoyannnis (ZORBA THE GREEK, THE CHERRY ORCHARD) unleashes the talents of four of the screen’s most exciting actresses(NY DAILY NEWS). Four time Oscar winner Katharine Hepburn (THE LION IN WINTER, A DELICATE BALANCE), Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave (JULIA), Oscar nominee Genevieve Bujold (ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS) and Greek screen legend Irene Papas (ANTIGONE, Z) seamlessly mesh into an unprecedented ensemble cast that one could never hope to see on stage (Pauline Kael, NEW YORKER).Read More »

  • Mihalis Kakogiannis – To teleftaio psema AKA A Matter of Dignity (1958)

    1951-1960ClassicsDramaGreeceMihalis Kakogiannis

    A daughter discovers her wealthy family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy and decides to charm a millionaire for his money in marriage. Soon she is torn between living a lie and keeping up appearances.Read More »

  • Stergios Paschos – Afterlov (2016)

    2011-2020ComedyDramaGreeceStergios Paschos

    It’s summertime in Athens and Nikos, a 30-year-old broke musician, is taking care of a luxurious villa in the suburbs that belongs to a friend of his. Between poolside cocktails and fooling around with the dog that he is meant to take care of, Nikos has a plan. Still unable to get over his recent break-up with Sofia, he figures this is a unique opportunity to get some much-needed answers and he invites her over for the weekend. Sofia delightfully accepts not knowing, of course, that Nikos’ plans are not as innocent as they seem. Nikos locks himself up in the house with Sofia and refuses to let her leave until she provides some rationale for the break-up, turning their alleged carefree holiday into a mess of games, fights, laughs and introspection. Is Nikos ever going to get the answers he was looking for? Is Sofia ever going to be able to explain why they broke up? Afterlov is a funny, poignant and scathing post-love story between two people who refuse to grow up.Read More »

  • Kostas Karagiannis – The Devil’s Men AKA Land of the Minotaur (1976)

    1971-1980GreeceHorrorKostas Karagiannis

    A satanic cult kidnaps three young people and Priest Donald Pleasence and Costas Skouras must save them from the hands of this evil!Read More »

  • Athina Rachel Tsangari – The Slow Business of Going (2000)

    1991-2000ArthouseAthina Rachel TsangariDramaGreece

    A mysterious woman travels the world with a rocking chair, interacting with the people she meets.

    Petra Going is a migrant cyborg, an agent of the Global Nomad Project: an international “Experience Data Agency” which sends hundreds of “receivers” like her to wander the globe and record a succession of random encounters. Periodically, they return to agency headquarters where they deposit their accumulated memories into an archive. This archive is available to users who then vicariously and virtually inhabit the ready-made landscapes of touristic consciousness. The motto of the GNP: “Nostalgia For Rent.”Read More »

  • Mihalis Kakogiannis – Alexis Zorbas AKA Zorba the Greek [+Commentary] (1964)

    1961-1970ClassicsDramaGreeceMihalis Kakogiannis

    If ever there was a role that Anthony Quinn was born to play, it was the lusty, life-affirming title character in Zorba the Greek. The scene is the isle of Crete, where English writer Alan Bates arrives in the hopes of realigning his own values and outlook on life. He is “adopted” by the flamboyant Zorba, who determines to educate Bates in the ways of the world-or, to be more precise, Zorba’s world. Along the way, Bates is introduced to widow Irene Papas, the unrequited love object of everyone on the island, who comes to a tragic end when she is accused of adultery.Read More »

  • Christos Gkotsis – To Taksimo AKA The Pledge (2014)

    2011-2020Christos GkotsisDramaGreeceShort Film

    A man lives isolated on an island. His only companion is a young woman with whom he has made an unnatural agreement: She pretends to be his deceased wife. What happens when the pledge is broken?Read More »

  • Dinos Dimopoulos – O Valtos aka The Swamp (1973)

    1971-1980AdventureCrimeDinos DimopoulosGreece

    Quote:
    Lena, Alexis and Manolis are planning to leave with the money from the bogus construction company they had set up. But last minute, Lena reveals the truth to her childhood friend Dimitris. The men of the gang are forced to take him with them in their small private plane. They will all land in a deserted island and there, they attempt to kill him. During the clash, Lena tries to escape, but she ends up throwing the plane in the nearby swamp, which sinks with the money. The plane fall stirs up the interest of the island inhabitants: the lighthouse keeper, his wife Martha, his daughter Maro and the escaped prisoner Vangelis. Soon the truth will be revealed and they will all try to pull out the plane from the swamp hoping that the money would change their fate…Read More »

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