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A Girl in Black
$21.95 | 101 minutes
The simple and vibrant story of the shy daughter of an impoverished, once-genteel household, who gets the chance to escape when she falls in love with a young man from Athens. He is too immature to respond to her until a disaster shocks him into a new awareness of himself. Writer and director Cacoyannis' (STELLA, A MATTER OF DIGNITY)&hellip…
Antigone
$23.95 | 82 minutes
Antigone achieves greatness in following the dictates of her own conscience, sacrificing her life in defiance of King Creon's authority when he forbids her to bury her brother, Polyneices. The definitive filming of Sophocles' classic Greek tragedy&hellip…
Attila '74
$17.95 | 101 minutes
Michael Cacoyannis' (STELLA, ZORBA THE GREEK) emotional documentary of the tragic events surrounding the 1974 Turkish military invasion of Cyprus that resulted in the death of 500 soldiers and civilians as well as the destruction of the Presidential Palace. Although ATTILA '74 was never theatrically released, the film was used to generate&hellip…
Earth & Water
$17.95 | 112 minutes
Nikolas and Constantina could not be from more different worlds. At 18, Constantina falls for Nikolas, a shepherd and part-time actor upon their first meeting. Constantina tries to be logical and end the relationship which sets off a series of bizarre fantastical events with Nikolas emerging from a literal river bottom to pursue his dream&hellip…
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Eternity and a Day
$23.95 | 130 minutes
Before checking himself into a hospital for treatment of a terminal illness from which he may never recover, celebrated writer Alexandre spends one last day wandering about town and reminiscing about his past, trying to capture one perfect moment of happiness from his memories. Along the way he befriends a young Albanian boy, who helps&hellip…
Landscape in the Mist
$23.95 | 126 minutes
Two Greek children embark on a mystical journey in search of the father they never knew&hellip…
Stella
$21.95 | 92 minutes
The story of a rebellious young Bouzouki performer named Stella (Mercouri) who abhors marriage, defies the rules of conventional morality, and pays for a freedom denied her by the men who love her. She must must choose between two lifestyles when she finds herself hopelessly in love with a young football player who wishes her to settle&hellip…
Weeping Meadow
$23.95 | 170 minutes
With THE WEEPING MEADOW, one of filmmaking's greatest remaining masters embarks on his crowning achievement: a projected trilogy whose goal is nothing less than "a poetic summing up of the century that just ended." This first panel, spanning 1919-1949, begins with refugees from Odessa settling on a piece of land that was promised to them&hellip…


