Welcome to the fourth annual Greek Film Festival. Greek Cinema Now 2006 offers a gateway to the rich, complex culture of contemporary Greece through its lively and passionate cinema.
Once again the festival's seven-film lineup showcases the range and robustness of recent Greek cinema, with a wide variety of subjects including frantic farce (Woman is a... Tough Person), offbeat cityscape (A Dog's Dream), cross-cultural romance (Alexandria, Liubi), gripping hostage drama (Hostage), and sexually provocative comedy (Honey and the Pig). In addition, the series presents Buzz, a fascinating documentary portrait of Greek American screenwriter A.I. Bezzerides.
Enjoy the festival.
Harry Karahalios, Director
Gene Siskel Film Center The Interparking SELF-PARK, at 20 East Randolph, located between Wabash and State, offers Film Center patrons a discounted parking rate of $14. Patrons are required to show their ticket stub to receive the discount. |
Honey and the Pig dir. Olga Malea
(Loukoumades me Meli)
Friday, May 26 and Tuesday, May 30 at 8:00 pm
Extra Screening: Wednesday, May 31 at 8:00 pm
2005, Greece, 35mm, 90 minutes, In Greek with English subtitles
Starring:
Christos Loulis, Faye Xyla, Pavlos Haikalis
Those familiar with Malea's previous films (The Cow's Orgasm, The Mating Game, Risotto) know that she is not afraid to push the envelope. In her latest and most audacious comedy, a young man returns to his rural village where he begins to suspect his uncle of questionable designs on a ten-year-old boy. To discover the truth, he enlists the aid of a sexy blonde gravedigger and a pet piglet with an insatiable yen for loukoumades (honey buns).