Summaries

A young girl decides to stand by her mentally ill sister and faces the isolation and cruelty of her social environment, which refuses to see her act as a gesture of love and sensitivity.

Disgusted with the ways of the world and her cruel family, Aggeliki is what stands between her catatonic older sister Alexandra and their decision to confine her to a public mental institution. However, when the family finally locks Alexandra away in a psychiatric hospital, Aggeliki must summon the courage to rebel and take matters into her own hands. It is a challenging task, but with their freedom already at stake, can Aggeliki defend their fragile independence against those who seek to take it away?—Nick Riganas

After the death of her father, a young woman who was a student in Germany, suffers a nervous breakdown and withdraws inside herself. Her younger sister's attempt to stop the family from having her locked up in a mental hospital, fails and brings about her own mental decline.

Details

Keywords
  • greece
  • greek
  • athens greece
  • athenian
  • old athens greece
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Oct 1, 1985
Countries of origin Greece
Language Greek
Filming locations Tripoli, Greece
Production companies Greek Film Centre (GFC)

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 24m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

Synopsis

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