Traveling to inspect an abandoned mine his father owns in Crete, English author Basil (Alan Bates) Read More »
Tag Archives: Mihalis Kakogiannis
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 »
The Trojan Women (1971) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Geneviève Bujold
Hecuba and the other women of Troy rise to find their city in ruins and their cause lost. Read More »
A Girl in Black (1956) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Ellie Lambeti, Dimitris Horn, Eleni Zafeiriou
Marina’s sister drowned herself, her brother is both headstrong and weak, and her widowed mother has a reputation for sleeping around. Read More »
Kyriakatiko xypnima / Windfall in Athens (1954) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Ellie Lambeti, Dimitris Horn, Giorgos Pappas, Comedy, Romance
Mina is a charming salesgirl. She buys a lottery ticket, but she finds out soon that it has been stolen from her. Read More »
Ilektra / Electra (1962) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Irene Papas, Giannis Fertis, Aleka Katselli, Drama
A powerful rendering of the tragedy of Elektra by Euripides, second in a trilogy. The film begins with a summary treatment without dialogue of the action of the preceding play Read More »
To teleftaio psema / A Matter of Dignity (1957) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Ellie Lambeti, Athena Michaelidou, Eleni Zafeiriou, Drama
During one of her parents many parties, Chloe learns they’re bankrupt. She’s being courted by Niko, a wealthy Greek American, so she decides to charm him. He’s quickly captivated. That night, she also meets the masculine Galanos and sparks fly. Niko proposes, Chloe accepts, Galanos tries to change her mind. Her father wants to disclose their finances to Niko, her mother argues against it as a matter of dignity. The family’s long-time servant must care for her son, who’s had an accident. She’s has not been paid in months, reminds Chloe to send money, and waits in her village as hospital bills mount. The servant comes back to Athens, confronts Chloe’s mother, and a crisis ensues.
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