It’s 1940 in Cyprus, and a man sets off to cross the island astride his donkey Read More »
Tag Archives: Greek
I Hrysomallousa (1978) Tonis Lykouresis, Vera Krouska, Antonis Katsaris, Vangelis Kazan
The teacher of a village in Zakynthos, trying to react to the alienation of the village Read More »
Maiden’s Cheek / To xylo vgike apo ton Paradeiso (1959) Alekos Sakellarios, Aliki Vougiouklaki, Dimitris Papamichael, Hristos Tsaganeas
Young teacher Floras arrives to teach a class at a girls’ high school in Athens. Read More »
Moon, 66 Questions (2021) Jacqueline Lentzou
After years of distance, Artemis has to get back to Athens due to her father’s frail state of health. Read More »
Fallen Angels (1948) Nikos Tsiforos, Hristos Tsaganeas
Elli’s mother is sick and the family is poor. Elli’s stepfather, a small time crook Read More »
Blood on the Land (1965) Vasilis Georgiadis
Under the scorching sun of June in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Thessaly, Odysseas Chormovas–the untamed Read More »
Alloimono stous neous (1961) Alekos Sakellarios
Two rich old friends, Andreas and Agisilaos are in love with young Rita. Read More »
Excursion (1966) Takis Kanellopoulos, Lili Papayanni, Kostas Karagiorgis, Angelos Antonopoulos
The love story between a captain’s wife and his sergeant which has a tragic ending. Read More »
Plato’s Academy / Akadimia Platonos (2009) Filippos Tsitos, Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Anastasis Kozdine, Titika Sarigouli
Stavros, a Greek shopkeeper cares for his aging mother after a stroke. Read More »
Deep End (2008) Thanasis Antoniou, Kostas Sommer, Alekos Sissovitis, Maria Korinthiou
Maria cannot stand her husband’s jealousy any more. He treats her in a violent way Read More »