Magiki polis (1954)

Original title

Μαγική Πόλις

Directed by

Nikos Koundouros

Genre

drama film

Country

Greece

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Set in early 1950s Athens, this film follows residents as their old neighborhoods are demolished for modern development. People take on mortgages to buy cars that symbolize social climbing, revealing the personal costs of rapid urban change.

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What happens

Ville magique (Μαγική πόλις (Magikí Pólis)) est un film grec néoréaliste réalisé par Níkos Koúndouros et sorti en 1954. Le tournage avait commencé en 1952. Sélectionné pour la Mostra de Venise, la censure ne l'autorisa pas à représenter officiellement la Grèce. Le film est un témoignage des intenses transformations urbaines d'Athènes au début des années 1950 : destruction des vieux immeubles et avec eux de quartiers entiers ; des transformations sociales aussi : les vieilles maisons sont hypothéquées pour acheter une voiture symbole d'ascension sociale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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