Greece

Synopsis
The story is set in a Greek mountain village in Arcadia (the movie was filmed in Stemnitsa, Dimitsana and the surrounding areas) shortly after the Metapolitefsi (the fall of the military junta of 1967–74). The unveiling of a monument to those who died during the Occupation (World War II) stirs up the village, because the name of a communist partisan who was killed was omitted. Periklis (V. Diamantopoulos), a conservative high school teacher, comes to clash with his wife and his two sons over whether Chrysanthi and her family have a right to put a wreath in memory of the partisan.Read More »

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‘Mikra Anglia’ (meaning ‘Little England’ – that’s how they called the island of Andros the old days!) the new film by director Pandelis Voulgaris, is based on the homonymous novel by award-winning novelist Ioanna Karistiani and unfolds on Andros island in the 1930s and 1940s. The lives of the locals during this difficult period is mainly defined by the long absence of men aboard ships worldwide, by the loneliness of women who have been left behind on the island and by the strict social structures of the epoch.Read More »

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Pantelis Voulgaris directed this three-part Greek anthology film in which three middle-aged men confront their personal demons. In the 40-minute “A Silver Coin on the Lips,” a Macedonian archaeologist (Dimitris Katalifos) stumbles onto the remains of a soldier with a coin on his lips, payment to the ferryman Charon of legend; this discovery reminds him of his son’s death, and he departs for the border outpost where the death occurred. A 34-minute segment, “The Last of the Lesser Whites,” takes place in Thrace where ornithologists meet with the game warden (Thanassis Vengos) who watches over a beautiful wilderness area with thousands of birds. A Norwegian woman in the group seeks the only known survivor of rare Bergen geese, but a poacher shoots it. The 40-minute “Vietnam” follows a rich factory owner (Giorgos Armenis), a man in such a state of emotional torment after his wife of many years leaves him that he drunkenly destroys a bar named Vietnam. Shown at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival.
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Through a rich tapestry of characters, Christofis creates an ode to the Hellenic Diaspora. Rafailidis noted that the film was “the result of a serious reflection on the grave Greek past and its uncertain historical destiny”.Read More »

“18 is an important film that intelligently deals with alarming social issues that are not just Greek, but global…” ~Hellenic Film Society

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In a working-class neighborhood of Athens, amid the economic crisis, the resurgence of fascism, and Covid-19, a group of 18-year-old students persecute immigrants, queers, anyone who is just different.Read More »

Description: Rich businessman Ari can’t satisfy his wife Sarah in any way. He crashes his boat on a rock, remains paralyzed from the waist down and goes to Switzerland for rehabilitation, possibly attempting suicide. Alex, who was commissioned by Ari to paint a portrait of Sarah, becomes a guest at Sarah’s house and her sexual partner in her absence. His private detective Stevens discovers this affair, takes racy photos and blackmails her, demanding money and her body. On the other hand, Teresa, Ari’s secretary and former lover, is jealous of Sarah and Alex and is plotting their breakup.Read More »

Thomas, a taxi driver torn between the mundane reality of his life and his literary aspirations, spirals into an erotic obsession following the tragic suicide of a client.Read More »

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Graceful, enigmatic, and often frightening, Dogtooth is an ingenious dark comedy that won the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award® nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, propelling Oscar® winner Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite) to the forefront of contemporary cinema’s most ambitious young filmmakers. In an effort to protect their three children from the corrupting influence of the outside world, a Greek couple transforms their home into a gated compound of cultural deprivation and strict rules of behavior.Read More »

Orestis is the richest man on the Greek island of Corfu. He’s also a sadistic pervert. Together with his nymphomaniac wife Stella, he invites young people to his villa and pays them handsomely for participating in S&M orgies. The most beloved gem in his “collection” is the young blonde Bianca, who for the time being tolerates Orestis because he pays for the expensive treatment of her younger sister in a Swiss clinic.Read More »