Hamdi is a wigmaker. After being diagnosed with terminal cancer he loses interest in everything. Read More »
Tag Archives: Greece
Landscape in the Mist AKA Topio stin omichli (1988) Theodoros Angelopoulos, Michalis Zeke, Tania Palaiologou, Stratos Tzortzoglou
Road movie about two children (Voula and Alexandre) searching for their father who is supposed to live in Germany. Read More »
Bliss AKA Mutluluk (2007) Abdullah Oguz, Özgü Namal, Talat Bulut, Murat Han
When a young woman named Meryem (Özgü Namal) is raped, her village custom requires Read More »
Runaway Day (2013) Dimitris Bavellas, Maria Skoula, Makis Papadimitriou, Errikos Litsis
Maria and Loukas decide at the same time and for no apparent reason to respectively run away from their homes. Read More »
Dracula of Exarcheia AKA O Drakoulas ton Exarheion (1983) Nikos Zervos, Konstantinos Tzoumas, Tzimis Panousis, Vangelis Kotronis
A mad scientist creates the band Music Brigades from body parts of dead musicians. Read More »
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 »
Absences AKA Apousies (1987) Giorgos Katakouzinos, Themis Bazaka, Pemi Zouni, Katerina Sarri
Greece, early twentieth century. A bourgeois family is on the verge of breaking up. Read More »
Sweet Country (1987) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Jane Alexander, John Cullum, Carole Laure
Anna and Ben are settled in rural Chile in the early 1970’s. They are very isolated and their only real friends are two Chilean sisters, Eva and Monica. Read More »
Evdokia (1971) Alexis Damianos, Maria Vassiliou, Giorgos Koutouzis, Koula Agagiotou
A prostitute (Evdokia) meets a sergeant (Yorgos). They fall in love and get married after a short love affair. Read More »
Eternity and a Day AKA Mia aioniotita kai mia mera (1998) Theodoros Angelopoulos, Bruno Ganz, Isabelle Renauld, Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Alexander, an old writer, is ill and prepared to die. Read More »