Apetaxamin (1980), dir. Frieda Liappa
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Women in Film Challenge 2024: [20/52] John the Violent, dir. Tonia Marketaki (Greece, 1973)
Don’t you see what the newspapers write for those who kill? They’re being admired and feared – that means respected. History is written by the murderers! From David to Orestes, from Alexander the Great to Constantine the Great and Napoleon – they were all murderers. You need to have strength to kill, and those ones had it! Who were born great were born killers. But if you haven’t got the strength, you’re lost. You are but the “unknown soldier” who dies during battle. That one hasn’t got the power, the genius of murder. He is forced by others to kill and when he does kill, he has qualms, he feels guilty, and tries to find an excuse, a pretext, to kill and punish himself.
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Irene Papas, 1956
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O melissokomos [Ο μελισσοκόμος] (Theo Angelopoulos, 1986)
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Στην Αναπαυτική Μεριά / On the Cosy Side (1981), του Τάκη Σπετσιώτη
«Δυο νεαροί ποιητές, ο Νίκος και ο Τάκης, στις αρχές της δεκαετίας του ‘60 στην Αθήνα, ζουν σαν μποέμ λογοτέχνες παλαιοτάτων εποχών. Πάνω στο μεσουράνημά τους, ξαφνικά εξαφανίζονται απ’τους κοσμικούς κύκλους και περίεργες φήμες κυκλοφορούν γι’ αυτούς. Queer gentility, irony and melancholy.»
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Apetaxamin (1980), dir. Frieda Liappa
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Trailer of the “Murderess” just dropped.
I see some modifications compared to the book, it gives the impression more people are in on this (ie Tsortekis and Protopappa’s characters and also Frangoyannu’s daughter). I hope that these characters are part of Frangoyannu’s internal dialogue essentially and not that so many people are actually aware of what’s going on. I hope and believe Tsortekis is her husband and Protopappa is her in a younger age, because she also behaves like it’s her, or maybe her mother who raised her cruelly). This would help the storyline extend enough to become a movie of regular duration without changing the original plot too much. It would also give the movie the vibe of an ancient tragedy (which is already present in the book). Aside from this concern, the trailer looks promising but this is my favourite Greek novel so if my expectations are met, I will be extremely positively surprised.
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Landscape in the Mist (1988) dir. Theo Angelopoulos
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