A family story of incest, decadence and desolation. Greece, early twentieth century. A bourgeois family is on the verge of breaking up. The mother has abandoned the family, and the father, a retired officer, keeps his three daughters, as well as the illegitimate son of the oldest daughter, confined in the house. After his death, the three sisters live through their personal drama. The eldest, Eleni, imbued with the morals of the time and closely identifying with her father, tries to take his place. The middle one, Maria, representing rebellion, goes off with a captain of the sanitation service, while the youngest, Anna, skating on thin ice through all this, is completely destroyed.
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Themis Bazaka
Eleni
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Stone Years
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Pemi Zouni
Maria
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Eternity and a Day
Giorgos Katakouzinos
Nikitas Tsakiroglou
Mourouzis
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The Return
Dimitris Nollas
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I Dream of My Friends
G Krezias
Katerina Sarri
Anna
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Bordello
Zorz Sarri
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Happy Day
Phaedra
Amalia Giza
Maid
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O episkeptis tis omihlis
The Flea
Giorgos Stergiou
Elena Nathanail
Mother
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Άγγιγμα ψυχής
Mermaids
Maria Konstadarou
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Giorgos Katakouzinos Director · Dimitris Nollas Screenplay Aristeidis Karydis-Fuchs Editor
First release October 1, 1987 · Produced in Greece · Production ERT
Production
Greek Film Centre
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ERT
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Greece
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Original title
Απουσίες
Original language
Greek
Spoken on screen
Greek
Release dates
Greece · October 1, 1987
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