During the Greek junta, four people struggle with illicit desires at a military camp somewhere in Evros. Read More »
Tag Archives: Greece
O Jerusalem (2006) Élie Chouraqui, JJ Feild, Saïd Taghmaoui, Maria Papas
Alternating between the unique vantage points of the Jews, the Arabs, and the British, director Elie Chouraqui’s historical drama Read More »
Oi Klironomoi (1964) Giannis Dalianidis, Dinos Iliopoulos, Costas Hajihristos, Martha Karagianni
Three distant cousins, barber Panagiotis; unemployed Sotiris, who wants to open a club; and dancer Mary, are the heirs of a house of haute couture. Read More »
Triple agent (2004) Eric Rohmer, Katerina Didaskalou, Serge Renko, Cyrielle Clair
France, 1936-37. The Popular Front wins elections, the Spanish Civil War begins, and Hitler and Stalin are manipulating and spying. Read More »
Mania (1985) Giorgos Panousopoulos, Alessandra Vanzi, Aris Retsos, Antonis Theodorakopoulos
It is on Ascension Day that Zoe, a brilliant computer analyst, visits the National Park in the center of Athens with her daughter, Katerina. Read More »
The Fear (1966) Kostas Manoussakis, Elli Fotiou, Anestis Vlahos, Spiros Focás
In this disturbing family drama, a prosperous middle-aged farmer takes up gambling and whoring at the expense of his devoted second wife. Read More »
Vortex (1967) Nikos Koundouros, Philippo Vlachos, Fanis Hinas, Alexis Mann, Drama
On a deserted Greek island a number of men are leaded by an attractive female who, like a medusa or spider, devours any male without inhibition. Read More »
Up, Down and Sideways (1993) Michael Cacoyannis, Irene Papas, Stratos Tzortzoglou, Panos Mihalopoulos, Comedy
A parody of the life in Athens of the 90ies where a widow and her son get entangled in crazy situations. Read More »
Fallen Angels (1948) Nikos Tsiforos, Hristos Tsaganeas, Smaroula Giouli, Irene Papas, Drama
Elli’s mother is sick and the family is poor. Elli’s stepfather, a small time crook, gets her a job as a mule delivering packages for the local drug lord. Read More »
Zorba the Greek (1964) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas, Comedy, Drama
Traveling to inspect an abandoned mine his father owns in Crete, English author Basil (Alan Bates) meets the exuberant peasant Zorba (Anthony Quinn) and invites him along when the older man claims he has mining experience. Read More »