GREEK CINEMA - A JOURNEY IN TIME
FROM THE SILENT ERA TO MODERN TIMES (2018).
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- DirectorAlexis DamianosStarsMaria VassiliouGiorgos KoutouzisKoula AgagiotouAthens, 1971. In the tumultuous years of the Greek military junta, an unconventional couple is torn between the complexities of love, life, and the suffocating pressure of fragile societal relations. Will they survive one another?
- DirectorKostas ManoussakisStarsElli FotiouAnestis VlahosSpyros FokasA disturbing family drama about the pathogeny of Greek countryside.
- DirectorNikos PanayotopoulosStarsOlga KarlatosGeorge DialegmenosDimitris PoulikakosA father moves with his three sons and their beautiful, hard working servant in a big, old house in the countryside, where a weird drowsiness seems to occupy the four men. Will it be possible for one of them to break free?
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsVasilis LogothetidisIlia LivykouMimis FotopoulosPivoting around a shiny counterfeit gold sovereign freshly milled from the clandestine workshop of an otherwise honest goldsmith, four brief vignettes of human imperfection; seduction; fate; desire, and devotion inextricably interweave.
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsYvonne SansonDimitris HornVasilis AvlonitisA bank teller discovers an accounting error and becomes rich.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsEllie LambetiAthena MichaelidouEleni ZafeiriouA daughter discovers her wealthy family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy and decides to charm a millionaire for his money in marriage. Soon she is torn between living a lie and keeping up appearances.
- DirectorGiorgos PanousopoulosStarsStavros XenidisAleka PaiziBetty LivanouA retired couple spends its vacation at a spa town. Their also retired friends see life with a different eye. Some believe that the future does not reserve anything important for them and others seek love and try to live every moment.
- DirectorDimitris GaziadisStarsAliki TheodoridesAimilios VeakisKostas MousourisAt the foot of Mount Chelmos, under the clear blue sky of the untamed Greek countryside, Thimios and Astero exchange vows of everlasting devotion. But, a wealthy suitor claims her, and the sun has now dimmed. Are they meant to be together?
- DirectorDinos KatsouridisStarsThanasis VengosEfi RoditiAntonis PapadopoulosStill owing his truck to his voracious employer, and with his sister still dangerously unmarried, a poor lorry driver meets an equally wronged young woman and realises that not all wars can be won. Can his trusted gun right the wrongs?
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsEva KotamanidouVangelis KazanAliki GeorgouliGreece, 1939-1952: Fascist, Nazi, and Communist conflict, as seen through the eyes of a family of travelling provincial players.
- DirectorGiorgos PanousopoulosYorgos TsemberopoulosStarsBetty LivanouAris RetsosGiorgos SiskosOn a hot Athenian July, a reclusive Astronomy student spots a disillusioned woman with his telescope, and his dull existence takes on a new meaning. They coexist in time and space; but, they are so far apart. Will they ever become one?
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsDinos IliopoulosMargarita PapageorgiouGiannis ArgyrisA peaceful, frightened little man is mistakenly identified as "the dragon", a notorious criminal at large. He briefly and reluctantly rules the underworld until they realize their mistake.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsToula StathopoulouYannis TotsikasThanos GrammenosA husband working in West Germany pays a visit back home to his village in Epirus and is murdered by his wife and her married lover.
- DirectorNikos NikolaidisStarsDespina TomazaniDora MasklavanouTakis MoshosA band of handsome Athenian pariahs waiting for a miracle have a fateful encounter with the ever-present state instead. And as the law's suffocating stranglehold tightens around them, the shotguns have the final say.
- DirectorAlexis DamianosStarsHristos TsagasAlexis DamianosEleni BourbouhakiAs a grizzled, poverty-stricken mountaineer heads to the bustling port of Piraeus to embark for Australia, three intertwined stories of vehement passion become the painful reminders that, when love ends, life is ugly and unbearable.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsHarvey KeitelMaia MorgensternErland JosephsonAn exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsMelina MercouriGiorgos FoundasAlekos AlexandrakisCaught up in an all-consuming whirlwind romance with a local heartthrob, Stella, a fiercely proud Rebetiko diva, resists surrender. But everything points to a tragic ending. And in the aftermath of passion, there can be no winners.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsMichalis ZekeTania PalaiologouStratos TzortzoglouTwo children journey the long road to Germany to find the man they believe to be their father.
- DirectorCostas FerrisStarsSotiria LeonardouNikos KalogeropoulosMichalis ManiatisThe story of a group of Rembetes, singers and musicians of the Greek equivalent to the blues, in the early decades of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of a young female singer.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsAlexandros MamatisJenny RussellNikiforos NanerisThe lives of two male Greek teens and the young daughter of the British Ambassador in Greece are turned upside down when the best friend of a teenage gang leader dies. Meanwhile, a love triangle is developed between the three characters.
- DirectorTonia MarketakiStarsManolis LogiadisMika FloraVangelis KazanThe story of Ioannis Zachos, a young psychopath who commits a murder in Athens.
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsVasilis LogothetidisIlia LivykouNitsa TsaganeaAfter forty years of service, the Nation is about to immortalise an honest Greek Army general who is unaware that an unscrupulous duo is planning to make a profit behind his back. Will the gallant veteran teach them a lesson in respect?
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsGiorgos FoundasMargarita PapageorgiouStefanos StratigosKosmas, a young man living in the slums, constantly tries to make ends meet, hoping for a better day. Because of debts, he gets tangled up in smuggling. His morals are tested and he tries to find a way out.
- DirectorSokrates KapsaskisStarsEleni ZafeiriouSasa KatsarouDionysis PapagiannopoulosRabid desires and ungovernable passions rule the lives of mortals, as impatient wishes and blind hopes interweave in this triptych of disastrous human flaws. The glowing fire of love, or the lack of it, engulfs us. Can we have it all?
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsMaro KodouGiorgos KonstadinouDespo DiamantidouAn unmarried couple in the strict Greek society of the 60s.