From the Edge of the City (1998)

Original title

Από Την Άκρη Της Πόλης

Directed by

Konstantinos Giannaris

Genre

LGBTQ-related film

Country

Greece

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Greek man gets drawn into the underworld of sex work and drug dealing in a decaying part of Athens. He bonds with other marginalized people as he struggles to survive.

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What happens

From the Edge of the City (Greek: Από την άκρη της πόλης, romanized: Apo tin akri tis polis) is a 1998 Greek film directed by Constantinos Giannaris. It was Greece's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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