Athens, 1961. Alekos, son of the moneylender Lampros Kontarinis, meets Dora Fotiou, who grew up in an institution, studies law and is tortured by the strange image of a frightened girl on a deserted r...
A little before his father dies, Nikos, being the firstborn son, promises he will help his younger brother Andreas finish his studies. He sacrifices his own dreams as well as the girl he loves, Anna,...
Three different stories unfold in Athens during August, when the city is deserted and hot as hell. In story number one, a retired seaman, Nikolas, offers his help and hospitality to an unhappy middle-...
A poor medical student, Petros, works as a waiter to make ends meet. So he accepts the enticing proposal of Kostas Fragkopoulos, a well-off customer, to marry his sister Liza with the promise of a “...
Based on the work by the same name by Manos Hadjidakis, the film tries to turn the works of great Greek poets into images. At the same time, it attempts to describe how a piece of music is created.
Alexandros (Bruno Ganz) is a seriously ill writer who is working on Dionysios Solomos’ unfinished work entitled “The Free Besieged”. He is searching for a linguistic and existential identity. He...
Manousos (Nikos Xanthopoulos) is the eldest child of a poor and large family living in rural Greece. When he completes his military duty, he decides to work in Athens to help his mother (Eleni Zafeiro...
A movie director takes a tour of the turbulent Balkan peninsula, and, like another Ulysses, he makes a return trip through memory and the skeins of recent history. A quest involving the old Greek urba...