Στέλλα Φυρογένη

Chara’s family is everything to her, and yet she sometimes ponders a life without them. When she strikes up a hesitant friendship with a young girl, she is inexorably forced to confront a painful past and to answer a burning question: Is motherhood a natural state of boundless love and caring, or is it an ideal imposed by society?

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.

How many ways are there to commit suicide? Can a suicide attempt be considered successful? Makis over-analyzes this subject, struggling to achieve the most ideal result.

1962. L’Américain Rydal (Oscar Isaac) vivote comme guide touristique à Athènes. Lorsqu’il rencontre le couple séduisant et mystérieux formé par Colette (Kirsten Dunst) et Chester MacFarland, il est immédiatement fasciné par son style de vie raffiné, empreint de luxe et de légèreté. Jusqu’au soir où Chester le somme de déplacer le corps inanimé d’un homme et qu’il se trouve ainsi attiré dans un engrenage fatal semé de meurtres et d’intrigues. S’ensuit un passionnant jeu du chat et de la souris jusque dans les ruelles étriquées du bazar d’Istanbul.

Trapped in the misery of an oppressive marriage, a middle-aged woman finds refuge in a fantasy world of vindictive violence. Soon, reality and fantasy start to blur.

Louka, whose parents were killed in the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, persuades a beautiful smuggler to take him over the border to visit his village, where a magical experience awaits them.

Two sisters have lost their father during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. When they learn that there are chances he might be still alive, they travel to Turkey to search for him.

La vingtaine, Victor est un ancien champion de plongée qui vit avec sa grand-mère dans une ville balnéaire de Grèce. Après la mort subite de sa grand-mère, il saute dans une vieille voiture poussiéreuse et entame un road trip en Allemagne. Lors d'une promenade en bateau en Italie, il rencontre Matthias, un bel Allemand à l'esprit libre qui rentre chez lui, qui charme Victor coincé pour lui faire faire un tour. L'étrange couple se lance dans un voyage en voiture qui les emmène à travers les magnifiques paysages de montagne d'Italie . À travers de nombreux rebondissements, les deux hommes sont poussés hors de leur zone de confort, et doivent faire face à leur attirance croissante l'un pour l'autre. Alors que leur destination se profile à l'horizon, trouveront-ils les réponses qu'ils recherchent, l'un dans l'autre ?

The 50-year Cypriot tragedy through the memories of an old man, a former gun dealer at death's door. A nightmare, through his operation, unmasks the reality of his own life and reveals his guilt feeling about his country.

Three powerful families of Mani are involved in a cycle of blood, hatred, and revenge. In the rugged land of olives, a revenge trap sets to love.