A 30-year-old man returns from America suffering an existential crisis. He goes to Corfu to see his sick mother and tries to find happiness through a desperate love affair.
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Cast
14 people
Lefteris Voyatzis
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The fruit carriers of Athens
Mary Xenoudaki
Nikos Panayotopoulos
Christos Mangos
Kostas Kokkakis
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The Crossing
Varieté
Marianna Spanoudakis
Aliki Georgouli
Known for
Landscape in the Mist
The Travelling Players
Eleonora Stathopoulou
Known for
Lion of the Desert
Kostas Sfikas
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The Idlers of the Fertile Valley
See No Evil
Aleka Paizi
Known for
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Michalis Amarantidis
Theodoros Zamanis
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Livy or The Statuesque Presence of the Past
Nikos Panayotopoulos Director · Stavros Hassapis Cinematographer Andreas Andreadakis Editor
First release July 5, 1980 · Produced in Greece · Original title Μελόδραμα;
Production
Greece
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Languages
Original title
Μελόδραμα;
Original language
Greek
Spoken on screen
Greek
Release dates
Greece · July 5, 1980
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Portugal
September 1, 1980 · Figueira da Foz Film Festival
Switzerland
August 1, 1980 · Premiere · 33rd Locarno Film Festival (exact date unknown)
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