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Το κορίτσι με τα μαύρα [To koritsi me ta mavra / A Girl in Black] (Mihalis Kakogiannis, 1956)
Jul
30
Marina (Ellie Lambeti) in the port of Hydra. DP: Walter Lassally.
Someone is sad, or cries*
A wealthy Athenian writer on holiday on Hydra falls for the morose Marina (Ellie Lambeti), one of the daughters of his widowed innkeeper, causing disruption in the close-knit island community.
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for July is, for unknown reasons, mostly not date-related and follows some sort of vacation narrative.
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“The walls of the room seemed to hold stories untold, whispering in the quiet.”
Memoirs of a Survivor (David Gladwell, 1981)
Apr
20
Easter Sunday
A Victorian family, all dressed in white, marvel at an enormous egg in an ornate room. DP: Walter Lassally.
Eggs for Easter Sunday.
– Doris Lessing, The Memoirs of a Survivor (1974)
In a dystopian Britain, D (Julie Christie) survives taking care of a sullen teenage girl, and visiting a mirage behind the walls.