The Wretches Are Still Singing (1979)

Original title

Τα Κουρέλια Τραγουδάνε Ακόμα

Directed by

Nikos Nikolaidis

Genre

art film

Country

Greece

Runtime

2h 03m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of outcasts in a decaying Greek city struggle through poverty and despair. The film follows their chaotic lives as they sing, drink, and confront their own misery.

bleakrawsurrealunsettlingslow-burngrittycerebralviscerally intense

What happens

The Wretches Are Still Singing (Greek: Τα Κουρέλια Τραγουδάνε Ακόμα..., romanized: Ta Kourelia Tragoudane Akoma...) is a 1979 Greek dramatic experimental independent surrealist underground art film directed by Nikos Nikolaidis. It is the first part of the "Years of Cholera" trilogy continuing with Sweet Bunch (1983) and ending with The Loser Takes It All (2002). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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