the photograph i fotografia

Unclassified 18+
Nico Papatakis, 102 mins, Greece, 1986, 35mm, Greek with English subtitles. Courtesy: Thessaloniki International Film Festival

the photograph
The photograph
During the Greek dictatorship, a young man goes to Paris where he seeks help from a solitary distant relative but gets caught in a vicious circle of lies and fantasies.

An allegory of the "misunderstandings" and deceits of modern Greek history, as seen through the eyes of a Greek of the Diaspora.



Screens with.
Letters from America (Grammata apo tin Ameriki) unclassified 18+
Lakis Papastathis, 19 mins, Greece, 1972. Courtesy: Thessaloniki International Film Festival


The postcards of an immigrant travelling to America at the turn of the 20th century are used to narrate their personal mini-epic that precisely conveys the experience of emigration.

Dates   Sat 19 Jan 2008, 2pm
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