Synoikia to Oneiro (1961)
Synoikia to Oneiro (1961)
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL | 4:3 | 720x576 | 5600 kbps | 4.3Gb
Audio: Greek AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English (custom)
01:35:00 | Greece | Drama
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL | 4:3 | 720x576 | 5600 kbps | 4.3Gb
Audio: Greek AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English (custom)
01:35:00 | Greece | Drama
The poor Athenian neighborhood of Asyrmatos is the center of the world for the people who live there and who are trying to escape from poverty and deprivation. Rikos, a young man recently released from prison, is trying to make some money, while his girlfriend is seeing other men, and her brother is trying to contribute to the household’s finances. This neo-realist film features an excellent cast and made an impact when it was shown because of Alekos Alexandrakis’ sensitive directing and the film’s powerful social messages.
Director: Alekos Alexandrakis
Cast: Alekos Alexandrakis, Manos Katrakis, Aliki Georgouli, Spyros Mousouris, Elektra Kalamidou, Alekos Petsos, Aleka Paizi, Athanasia Moustaka, Sapfo Notara, Gianna Olymbiou, Vasos Andronidis, Thanasis Mylonas, Kostas Baladimas, Giorgos Vlahopoulos, Labros Kotsiris, Tasos Dareios, Eva Evangelidou, Kostas Manioudakis, Andreas Voulgaris, Giorgos Tzortzis, Nikos Fermas, Eleni Karpeta, Grigoris Bithikotsis
Synoikia to Oneiro (1961)
Synoikia to Oneiro (1961)
…Alekos Alexandrakis’ The Suburb of Dreams (Sinoikia to Oneiro, 1961) must be mentioned for its stark realism and bleak atmosphere and its depiction of the poverty and squalor dominating the Greek capital—one of best expressions of neorealism and one of the least recognized films of Greek cinema. The camera cleverly indulges itself over ruined houses, human misery, and the obscene wealth of the ruling class. It is a didactic camera, exposing and denouncing social injustice with moralistic passion. The film, in spite of its shortcomings, was a call to rebellion through a rediscovery of the radical humanism in the working-class experience. It was a film of idealization by all means, indeed of a polemic against high culture, but its exploration of the ethical nature of the downtrodden and the marginalized offered a completely different social vision to the mainstream audience of the period…
~ Vrasidas Karalis
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Synoikia to Oneiro (1961)
Synoikia to Oneiro (1961)
