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. |
Woman is a... Tough Person dir. Antonis Kafetzopoulos
(I Gyneka ine... Skliros Anthropos)
Friday, May 5 and Monday, May 8 at 8:00 pm
Extra Screening: Saturday, May 27 at 8:00 pm
2005, Greece, 35mm, 100 minutes, In Greek with English subtitles
Starring:
Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Faye Kokkinopoulou
Veteran actor Kafetzopoulos (My Best Friend, Silicon Tears) directs as well as stars in this energetic comedy. He plays Johnny Maniatis, a put-upon ad exec who is facing the worst day of his life. His biggest client is threatening to defect, his kleptomaniac daughter has run off with a Bulgarian gangster, his mother has disappeared, and his lady love is demanding that they conceive a child that very day. . .or else!