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Monemvasia (1964)

Monemvasia poster
Original title
Μονεμβασιά
Directed by
Yiorgos Sarris
Genre
drama film
Country
Greece
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young painter from Greece abandons his career to become a gigolo and gambler. After falling into heavy debt, he agrees to murder a woman in exchange for money, but then falls in love with her.

slow-burntensemelancholicnoirishbleakatmosphericmorally complexromantic tragedy

What happens

La vergine nuda (Monemvasia) è un film del 1964 diretto da Yiorgos Sarris. Il giovane Niko lascia la sua modesta professione di pittore e intraprende la strada di gigolò e giocatore d'azzardo. A causa del gioco perde un'ingente quantità di denaro che non può pagare, indebitandosi. Temendo per la propria incolumità accetta, in cambio di una grossa somma, di uccidere una ragazza che vive a Malvasìa. Niko trova la ragazza, ma ben presto se ne innamora. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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