Welcome to "Enchanted Summers and Dangerous Roads: Greek Cinema Now," at the Gene Siskel Film Center. You'll enjoy fine works by well-known directors like Nikos Perakis, Takis Papayannidis, Christos Dimas, Stamatis Tsarouchas, and up and coming director Layia Giourgou.
You will also enjoy a special presentation of Never on Sunday, the 1960 classic with Melina Mercouri - one of the international gems of classic Greek Cinema, in a newly struck print.
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The Chicago Greek Film Festival thanks Voula Georgakakou, Greek Film Center, Athens; Barbara Scharres and Marty Rubin, The Gene Siskel Film Center; Richard Straub, Lufthansa German Airlines; and Panos Chalvantzis, Dish Network for helping us make this series possible.
Enjoy the festival.
Harry Karahalios, Director
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164 North State Street, Chicago, IL 60601 Advance tickets will be available through Ticketmaster on May 30th |
The Bubble dir. Nikos Perakis
Friday, June 6 and Monday, June 9 at 8:00pm
2001, 35mm, 104 minutes
Starring:
Alex Georgoulis, Giorgos Bostatzoglou, Eleni Tzortzia
Having lost all his money (like many Greeks) in the stock-market crash of 1999), Makis toils as a kitschily costumed greeter at a steak house. His hapless existence takes a turn for the better when he falls in love with the mistress (a former Miss Mass Tourism) of the president of the very company that swallowed his investments, and a turn for worse when the cops finger him for an attempt on the tycoon's life. There are plenty of cynical jabs, frenetic chases, and bare backsides in this smash-hit satire from veteran comedy director Perakis (Loufa kai Parallagi).