Still Looking for Morphine (2001)

Original title

Πες Στη Μορφίνη Ακόμα Την Ψάχνω

Directed by

Yannis Fagras

Genre

drama

Country

Greece

Runtime

1h 59m

Rating

4.1 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl spends a sweltering summer in the industrial port areas of Piraeus. She gets involved with petty theft and drug use as she navigates the margins of urban life.

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What happens

Still Looking for Morphine (Πες στη Μορφίνη Ακόμα την Ψάχνω) is a 2001 Greek independent drama film written and directed by Yannis Fagras in his feature directorial debut. Co-written with Nicole Roussou, the film is set in the industrial port areas of Piraeus and explores a teenage girl's coming-of-age amid petty theft, drug use, and marginal urban life during an oppressive summer. The film premiered in competition at the 42nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival in 2001, where it received the Best Film award from the Association of Greek Film Critics (PEKK). It was later included in Sight & Sound magazine's 2007 list of "75 hidden gems" of world cinema—overlooked great films across history, compiled for the magazine's 75th anniversary. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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