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.
The Chicago Greek Film Festival is the first organization in the community that will dedicate its mission to promote the understanding and appreciation of Greek Cinema. Bookmark our website for updates and future events.
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 Flower of the Lake dir. Stamatis Tsarouchas
Friday, June 13 and Monday, June 16 at 8:00pm
1999, 35mm, 90min
Starring:
Lakis Camninos, Yannis Kasdaglis and Vangelis Mourikis
This ambitious historical drama explores questions of conscience in time of trouble. The action is set at the turn of the last century in Kastoria, a region of Western Macedonia where Greeks, Turks, and Jews live in a state of tension exacerbated by the 1897 war between Greece and Turkey. The story centers on a family of fishermen who attempt to carry on their trade as usual on the peaceful lake from which the bloom of the title rises. But the calm is shattered when the eldest son encounters a wounded guerilla left behind by his comrades.