Safe Sex(1999)
A satire of life in modern Greece, presented through a series of different stories about sex. There are several couples and their relation with sex in parallel stories that come together in a hilarious way.
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A satire of life in modern Greece, presented through a series of different stories about sex. There are several couples and their relation with sex in parallel stories that come together in a hilarious way.
Der erfolgreiche Dichter Alexander ist alt, müde und todkrank. Als er einen Liebesbrief seiner verstorbenen Frau Anna liest, tritt er seine letzte Reise an und erlebt eine kurze, intensive Freundschaft mit einem albanischen Flüchtlingsjungen. Mit dieser melancholischen Reflexion über die Endlichkeit des Seins und die Liebe zum Leben brilliert Theo Angelopoulos einmal mehr. In Cannes ausgezeichnet mit der Goldenen Palme. Ein poetisch-philosophisches Meisterwerk über das Altern und den Abschied vom Leben.
Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. The village of the island seems abandoned and there isn't a single enemy in sight, so the soldiers begin to relax a little. Things change when their ship is hit and destroyed by the enemy, and the soldiers find themselves abandoned there.
"A," a Greek filmmaker living in exile in the United States, returns to his native Ptolemas to attend a special screening of one of his extremely controversial films. But A's real interest lies elsewhere--the mythical reels of the very first film shot by the Manakia brothers, who, at the dawn of the age of cinema, tirelessly criss-crossed the Balkans and, without regard for national and ethnic strife, recorded the region's history and customs. Did these primitive, never-developed images really exist?
Er hört auf den selbstgegebenen Namen Singapore Sling (Panos Thanassoulis) und gehört zu dem Schlag Menschen, die ausschließlich hoffnungslosen Fällen hinterherjagen. Aussichtslosigkeit oder ein involvierter Frauenname wecken dabei sein Interesse. Sein momentaner Fall ist so einer: Er hat Laura schon seit Jahren nicht mehr gesehen und eigentlich liegt die Vermutung nahe, dass sie längst das Zeitliche gesegnet hat. Sling kann sich aber einfach nicht von dem Fall abwenden und die Suche nach ihr aufgeben. In einer verregneten Nacht erreicht er verletzt und am Ende seiner Kräfte das Haus, doch dort wartet nicht die erhoffte Ruhe auf ihn: Zwei Frauen stehen an einem offenen Grab. Er hat nichts mehr zu verlieren und schnell ist klar: Heute Nacht wird jemand sein Leben lassen müssen….
Christina (Claudia Karvan) is a school teacher from a wealthy Greek-Australian background, engaged to a lawyer and content with the traditional course of her life. She begins teaching at an inner-city working-class school and she finds her ideas challenged by the students. Involving herself in a campaign by a group of non-anglo students to form a soccer club in a school where the racist PE teacher only supports Australian Rules Football, Christina starts falling in love with aspiring soccer player, 17 year old Nick (Alex Dimitriades). The ensuing affair forces Christina to challenge herself, her family and the culture she lives in. Managing to effectively combine comedy with a refreshing examination of contemporary ethnic relationships in Australia, beautifully acted by a young cast, and insightfully scripted.
A reporter notices an old man in a border town who may be an important Greek politician who disappeared mysteriously years ago.
Der junge, attraktive Ari will aus den Zwängen seiner griechischen Familie ausbrechen und gibt sich willenlos den heißesten Sexkapaden hin. Immer auf der Suche nach Lust, Liebe und seinem Ich. Doch wird es ihm gelingen auch Liebe zu geben?... Der wohl bemerkenswerteste Gay-Film dieses Jahres!
Sie hängen in Clubs herum, klappern Bordelle ab und düsen im Cabrio durch die Nacht. Sie leben von kleinen Diebstählen und lesen am Omonia-Platz Freier auf. Das sind die Gemeinsamkeiten, die die Gruppe von jungen 'Pontioi' verbindet - griechische Russen, die von der Schwarzmeerküste stammen und jetzt in 'Menidi' leben, einem heruntergekommenen, verarmten Viertel am westlichen Stadtrand Athens. Vor ein paar Jahren sind sie aus Kasachstan nach Griechenland eingewandert. Seither fühlen sie sich in ihrer neuen Heimat als Ausgeschlossene, obwohl sie, wie ihr Anführer Sasha (Stathis Papadopoulos) immer wieder betont, griechische Vorfahren haben. Sie sind auf Abenteuer scharf, die Großstadt empfinden sie als Herausforderung. Eine verführerische Macht geht von ihr aus. Also legen sie los und machen vor nichts Halt.
Während Joy und ihr Freund streiten, stellt ihr Sohn seinen Teller mit Moussaka auf die Wiese. Eine fliegende Untertasse nutzt die Gelegenheit, um den griechischen Auflauf in ein gigantisches Fleischmonster zu verwandeln, das ganz Athen in Atem hält.
Stefanos is a man at his 40's who has inherited a fortune from his mother's aunt. One day Manolis, his schoolmate, calls him and invites him to a party featuring an old friends' reunion. Surprised and delighted to hear his old friend's voice, Stefanos travels back in time, to his childhood and his youth, and remembers his extraordinary relationship with his cousin Marina, his best friend and first love. In a great long flashback, he remembers the utmost detail of his childhood, the family reunions, travels, acquaintances, and most importantly cousin Marina. By the coming of age, the dimension of the close friendship between Stefanos and Marina goes out of hand, and reaches its peak at a party when both are at their 20's. That party, that house, Marina... It won't be the last turn in Stefanos' life involving the very same trio...
What is Hell for others is home for us. This is the story of Vera, Elsa, a Man, and the great love that united them. They started out growing up together but they didn't get very far. Leaving behind a desolate world, full of traps, they will begin a hallucinogenic journey of tenderness and violence. The story of three lovers who in a devious and gruesome manner try to destroy each other, to gain a solitary entrance to Hell.
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Three stories dealing with three men and their stance towards life, given their personal background. All stories are held in Northern Greece (Macedonia and Thrace), covering all the spectrum from urban to rural settings.
In this supernatural-themed romance, a German woman in the between-wars period is being initiated into some kind of esoteric/psychic order and learns at that time that her ideal mate won't even be born for quite a few years. By 1936, she has moved to Greece with her Greek husband, and there she meets Alberto, a very young Greek man, a Jew, who is evidently the man she has been seeking. They are able to read each other's thoughts and do so in the midst of a sexual encounter. Despite the boy's attraction to her, he spurns her due to her age (she is forty). She commits suicide and is born almost immediately as someone able to protect her ideal mate from the Germans. Later, as a young woman, she again has a liaison with Alberto, who again spurns her due to their age differences. Flashbacks indicate that this situation has been part of their lives for many incarnations.
After her fighter pilot boyfriend commits suicide by crashing his jet into the ocean, a Greek fashion model reflects on their relationship and how it started, developed, then deteriorated. After a long bout of depression over his death, she learns that he may not be dead after all. Why would he have kept himself hidden from her, and will she ever be able to find him again?
Longing for a better life, Evagoras and Onisilios decide to emigrate to the Persian Gulf to earn enough money to start their own business. When they return home, the pair open a night club. However, their past catches up with them. Greece's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1997.
The stories of three lonely people surviving a sweltering summertime in Athens are interwoven in this gentle romantic drama. Nikos used to be a merchant seaman, traveling around the globe to exotic places and testing his wits and his mettle in different situations. Now he is retired, living in Athens with his wife whom he no longer loves. While at the train station, he encounters a woman who faints more or less into his arms. From her, he learns that this day has already been special to her for two reasons: her husband just died, and it is her birthday. Curiously, this meeting sparks new life in him. Another man suffering through the hot Athens summer is a bank employee who gets calls every day at four p.m. from a woman who seeks to arouse him. What she succeeds in doing is rousing his curiosity, which he is likely to regret giving in to.
Panagiotis (Argyris Bakirtzis) and Giannis (Lazaros Andreou) are two good friends but also rivals in love. The first is a merchant and the second a violinist; one is tall and slim and the other short and fat; one is bossy, the other one mild. Both make an inimitable comic couple, wandering in the Peloponnese, looking for a date tree that will prove the innocence or guilt of the wife of one of them and possibly lover of the other. They are guided by an old picture depicting Panagiotis' wife, Maria, in the arms of Giannis, under a date tree. However, the area of their search, there are no date trees.
In late-1960s Athens, a student forms a strong friendship with a group of young dreamers, against the backdrop of the military dictatorship.
It is based on a true story, where a young soldier and the wife of a revolutionary guy falls in love while in the background we witness political turmoils of Greece at that time.