Quiet Days in August
6.8
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.
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Aleka Paizi
Αλέκα
Known for
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Themis Bazaka
Έλλη
Also in
Stone Years
Wonderful Creatures
Αλέκα Παΐζη
Aleka
Dinos Katsouridis
Pantelis Voulgaris
Also in
Broadcast
Angel
Thanasis Veggos
Νίκος Γκούφας
Known for
Ulysses' Gaze
Never on Sunday
Alekos Oudinotis
Λευτέρης
Known for
Eternity and a Day
Ulysses' Gaze
Mirka Kalatzopoulou
Βάσω Γκούφα
Known for
Ulysses' Gaze
Chrysoula Diavati
Μαρία Σκαλτσά
Also in
Two Strangers
The Children of Greece
Eirini Koumarianou
φιλενάδα της Αλέκας
Known for
Iphigenia
Voyage to Cythera
Nina Papazaphiropoulou
φιλενάδα της Αλέκας
Known for
The Travelling Players
Stella Fyrogeni
Known for
The Man with the Answers
Pantelis Voulgaris Director · Dinos Katsouridis Cinematographer Anastasia Arseni Costume designer
United States release March 29, 1992 · Produced in Greece · Languages French, Greek
Production
Greek Film Centre
Production
Kineton
Production
Greece
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Languages
Original title
Ήσυχες Mέρες του Αυγούστου
Original language
Greek
Spoken on screen
French · Greek
Release dates
Germany · February 15, 1991
Premiere · 41st Berlin International Film Festival
Greece · September 23, 1991
Theatrical
United States · March 29, 1992
New York New Directors and New Films Festival
France
May 23, 2008 · Lyon Festival du Cinéma Grec Contemporain
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