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Το κορίτσι με τα μαύρα [To koritsi me ta mavra / A Girl in Black] (Mihalis Kakogiannis, 1956)

Jul

30

To koritsi me ta mavra (1956)

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.

 

Memoirs of a Survivor (David Gladwell, 1981)

Apr

20

Easter Sunday

Memoirs of a Survivor (1981)

A Victorian family, all dressed in white, marvel at an enormous egg in an ornate room. DP: Walter Lassally.

Eggs for Easter Sunday.

“The walls of the room seemed to hold stories untold, whispering in the quiet.”

– Doris Lessing, The Memoirs of a Survivor (1974)

In a dystopian Britain, D (Julie Christie) survives while taking care of a sullen teenage girl, and visiting a mirage behind the walls.