Greece, early twentieth century. A bourgeois family is on the verge of breaking up. The mother has abandoned the family, and the father, a retired officer, keeps his three daughters as well as the ill...
Young Christos, recently released from the army, dreams of becoming a big name in folk singing. After a failed attempt at a singing career, he gets a job in the butcher shop of Mr. Michalis, husband o...
On the island of Chios in the 1960s and a few days before schools close for the summer vacations, the friendship between Giannis and Vangelis is overshadowed by a minor misunderstanding. Before long, ...
An orphan girl (Aliki Vougiouklaki) does everything she can to be hired as a secretary at the firm of a businessman (Dimitris Papamichail). When she manages to do so, she tries to win his heart and fi...
A journalist (Grigoris Patrikareas) is conducting an investigation regarding the refugees in Northern Greece and the immigrants who are detained at the border. He meets a man (Marcello Mastroianni) wh...
Shortly before the end of the Civil War, in 1948, the villages along the border are evacuated to facilitate the National Army’s movements as well as to hamper those of the rebels. A forty-year-old v...
A young boy escapes from his home and spends a summery, luminous evening in the company of people who are wandering around at night. That night, he discovers a different city from the one he sees ever...
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-...
BOOK BY NIKOS ARVANITIS (AUTHOR)