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GREEK FILMS 2004: Films and Documentaries

ALEMAYA

ΑΛΕΜΑΓΙΑ

Ilias Yannakakis

Greece 2004 107 35mm Colour

Film description

1960. Greek community of Ethiopia. Isavella grows up like a princess in a closed, but prosperous society. When she is eighteen, Dimitris falls passionately in love with her. Her domineering father rejects the idea of his beloved daughter carrying on an affair with Dimitris. The latter proposes they elope and go to lake Alemaya; Isavella is hesitant. Eventually the plan is called off and Isavella is sent to Athens where she marries and has two sons. Thirty-five years later. Dimitris, who is suffering from advanced diabetes, shows up and rents an apartment overlooking Isavella’s old and faded house. He follows her every move, without her knowing. A secret haunts his passion.

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CAST & CREW

ELIAS GIANNAKAKIS

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