Donousa

  • December 6, 2024 / 15:30

Director: Angeliki Antoniou
Cast: Andre Hennicke, Christina Papamichou, Gerassimos Skiadaressis, Eva Kotamanidou
Germany, Switzerland, Greece, 1992, 84', DCP, color
Greek with Turkish, English subtitles

Once a week a ship arrives in the small, remote Aegean Island of Donousa. One winter’s day Stefan, a young German photographer comes to the island and his arrival triggers off a series of events that will bring to light the deepest secrets of a world that is hermetically shut off, trapped in a vicious whirlwind where the same sin, the same mistake, the same blood, the same silences are reproduced. The story unfolds smoothly and reaches a climax without violent flare-ups as if following the pace of life in this forgotten land. A strange, claustrophobic atmosphere for a modern tragedy that has left nothing out of the traditional arsenal: from the chorus and the deus ex machina to the final catharsis.

The Striker with Number 9

The Striker with Number 9

The Cronos Children

The Cronos Children

The Love of Ulysses

The Love of Ulysses

A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun

The Wretches Are Still Singing

The Wretches Are Still Singing

A Foolish Love

A Foolish Love

Invincible Lovers

Invincible Lovers

Voyage to Cythera

Voyage to Cythera

Angel

Angel

Donousa

Donousa

Quiet Days in August

Quiet Days in August

Life on Sale

Life on Sale

In the Shadow of Fear

In the Shadow of Fear

From the Snow

From the Snow

Lefteris Dimakopoulos

Lefteris Dimakopoulos

Revanche

Revanche

Take Care

Take Care

Nudes With Mirrors

Nudes With Mirrors

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From the Age of Reason to the “Tortoise Trainer”

From the Age of Reason to the “Tortoise Trainer”

A Salon exhibition held in the Grand Palais in Paris on May 1, 1906 showcased an Ottoman painting. This was Osman Hamdi Bey’s famous “Tortoise Trainer”. 

Giacometti in Paris

Giacometti in Paris

The second part of exhibition illustrates Alberto Giacometti’s relations with Post-Cubist artists and the Surrealist movement between 1922 and 1935, one of the important sculptures series he created during his first years in Paris, and the critical role he played in the art scene of the period.