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Summer Movie Marathon at Constantia Open-air Cinema, Nicosia
July 13th & 28th “Reflections in a Golden Eye”
On a U.S. Army post circa 1948, a major who is an impotent, latent homosexual is married to an infantile
birdbrain who never misses an opportunity to ridicule his masculine failings. He displaces his hostility by
brutally flogging her horse and she retaliates by humiliating him before a houseful of guests, repeatedly
slashing him across the face with her riding crop. She is also committing adultery with the officer next
door, who's wife cut off her nipples with garden shears after the death of her baby. She has sought solace
in the ministrations of her effeminate houseboy. The sixth character, coveted by the major, is a darkly
handsome noncom, a voyeur and lingerie-fondler, given to nightly appearances as a peeping tom in the
birdbrain's bedroom and daily sessions of horseback riding in the middle of the woods stark naked.
Cast:
Elizabeth Taylor (Leonora Penderton)
Marlon Brando (Maj. Weldon Penderton)
Brian Keith (Lt. Col. Morris Langdon)
Julie Harris (Alison Langdon)
Director: John Huston
Writer: Chapman Mortimer, Gladys Hill
Runtime: 103 min
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Language: English
Subtitles: Greek
Production Year: 1967
July 17th & 27th "Charade"
Regina is about to divorce her husband when she finds that he has been murdered after converting every
penny they owned to cash, which is also missing. She meets a man who changes his name every 15
minutes or so and is interested in her husband's money, which seems to have come from a WWII payroll
he stole. His partners in crime are also very interested in where the money is, as he stole it from them as
well. Everyone assumes Regina MUST know where the money is. The situation becomes more tense
when the searchers begin turning up dead.
Cast:
Cary Grant (Peter Joshua)
Audrey Hepburn (Regina Lampert)
Walter Matthau (Hamilton Bartholemew)
James Coburn (Tex Panthollow)
Director: Stanley Donen
Writer: Peter Stone
Runtime: 103 min
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Language: English
Subtitles: Greek
Production Year: 1963
July 20th & 29th "10.30 PM Summer"
Maria and Paul, a couple in their forties, travel through Spain with a new friend, Claire, a younger woman.
The couple's daughter is also part of the trip. On their way to Madrid, they stop in a small town and are
told by police that a local man who has killed his wife and her lover is on the loose in the area. There is a
massive thunderstorm and the group has no choice but to stay in the town's only hotel, which is jammed
beyond capacity with other travelers in the same situation. Maria, an out of control alcoholic, seems to be
subtly encouraging her husband Paul to have a sexual relationship with Claire as a way to reintroduce
sexuality into their situation. While the thunderstorm is still raging, Maria accidentally sees Paul and Claire
kissing on a higher balcony. She is simultaneously excited and devastated. She discovers the fugitive
hiding on a nearby rooftop and decides to help him escape.
Cast:
Melina Mercouri (Maria)
Romy Schneider (Claire)
Peter Finch (Paul)
Julián Mateos (Rodrigo Palestra)
Director: Jules Dassin
Writer: Marguerite Duras, Jules Dassin
Runtime: 85 min
Genre: Drama
Language: English, Spanish, French
Subtitles: Greek
Production Year: 1966
July 21st & 31st "Singin' in the Rain"
In 1927, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are a famous on-screen romantic pair. Lina, however, mistakes
the on-screen romance for real love. Don has worked hard to get where he is today, with his former
partner Cosmo. When Don and Lina's latest film is transformed into a musical, Don has the perfect voice
for the songs. But Lina - well, even with the best efforts of a diction coach, they still decide to dub over her
voice. Kathy Selden is brought in, an aspiring actress, and while she is working on the movie, Don falls in
love with her. Will Kathy continue to "aspire", or will she get the break she deserves?
Cast:
Gene Kelly (Don Lockwood)
Donald O'Connor (Cosmo Brown)
Debbie Reynolds (Kathy Selden)
Jean Hagen (Lina Lamont)
Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Writer: Adolph Green, Betty Comden
Runtime: 103 min
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Language: English
Subtitles: Greek
Production Year: 1952
July 25th & 30th "The Missouri Breaks"
A rancher, a rustler, and a regulator face off in Arthur Penn's eccentric western. As a cover for their horse
thievery, a gang of Montana rustlers, led by the laid-back Tom Logan, buys a small farm adjacent to the
ranch of their latest target/nemesis, Braxton. When the gang leaves Tom on the farm and heads to
Canada, Tom takes a shine both to farming and Braxton's rebellious, strong-willed daughter, Jane.
Braxton, however, hires the psychopathic regulator Lee Clayton to root out the rustlers. With a series of
unorthodox methods Clayton hunts down Logan and his gang one by one.
Cast:
Marlon Brando (Lee Clayton)
Jack Nicholson (Tom Logan)
Randy Quaid (Little Tod)
Kathleen Lloyd (Jane Braxton)
Director: Arthur Penn
Writer: Thomas McGuane
Runtime: 113 min
Genre: Drama, Western
Language: English
Subtitles: Greek
Production Year: 1976
August 3rd "No One Knows About Persian Cats"
Iranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert... and the visa
that allows them to leave Tehran to do so.
Cast:
Negar Shaghaghi (Negar)
Ashkan Koshanejad (Ashkan)
Hamed Behdad (Nader)
Director: Bahman Ghobadi
Writer: Bahman Ghobadi, Hossein Mortezaeiyan
Runtime: 104 min
Genre: Drama
Language: Persian
Subtitles: Greek
Production Year: 2009
August 4th "Wasted Youth"
During a hot summer in Athens, the lives of two protagonists unexpectedly cross paths: a passionate
teenage skater and a policeman in his midlife crisis. Wasted Youth explores the relationship between the
individual freedom and Greece’s economic reality.
Cast:
Haris Markou
Ieronymos Kaletsanos
Arthour Kiviliov
Themis Bazaka
Director: Argyris Papadimitropoulos, Jan Vogel
Writer: Jan Vogel, Argyris Papadimitropoulos
Runtime: 94 min
Genre: Drama
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2011
August 5th - 7th "The Illusionist (L'illusionniste)"
A French illusionist finds himself out of work and travels to Scotland, where he meets a young girl. Their
ensuing adventure changes both their lives forever. A wonderful story by Jacques Tati, in motion picture
by a great animator, Sylvain Chomet.
Cast (voices):
Jean-Claude Donda (The Illusionist / French Cinema Manager)
Eilidh Rankin (Alice)
Director: Sylvain Chomet
Writer: Jacques Tati, Sylvain Chomet
Runtime: 80 min
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Language: French, English
Subtitles: Greek
Production Year: 2010
August 11th & 21th "On Tour"
The film is moving and hilarious by turns as it narrates the misadventures of a troop of five aging
American burlesque dancers (they are actual strippers all making their motion picture debut) and
their acerbic manager as they tour France with their risqué show.
Cast:
Miranda Colclasure (Mimi Le Meaux)
Suzanne Ramsey (Kitten on the Keys)
Mathieu Amalric (Joachim Zand)
Angela de Lorenzo (Evie Lovelle)
Director: Mathieu Amalric
Writer: Mathieu Amalric, Marcelo Novais Teles
Runtime: 111 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Language: French, English
Subtitles: Greek
Production Year: 2010
August 12ht & - 24th "Benda Bilili!"
Summer 2009. Five paraplegics and a young able-bodied teenager light up the stage in front of an
entranced audience of 8000 people. "Benda Bilili" - in English "See Beyond", is the name of this
Kinshasa band which has acquired a global following. Chances of success were slim at first for these
homeless handicapped artists who struggled to survive on the streets of their dilapidated capital. "Benda
Bilili" is not a music film, it's the story of a dream that became reality.
Cast:
Leon Likabu
Roger Landu
Coco Ngambali
Cubain Kabeya
Director: Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye
Writer: Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye
Runtime: 85 min
Genre: Documentary, Music
Language: French, Lingala
Subtitles: Greek
Production Year: 2010
August 13th & 18th "Up"
By tying thousands of balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong
dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn't alone on his
journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway
on the trip.
Voices:
Edward Asner (Carl Fredricksen)
Christopher Plummer (Charles Muntz)
Jordan Nagai (Russell)
Bob Peterson (Dug / Alpha)
Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Writer: Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
Runtime: 96 min
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy
Language: Greek (dubbed)
Production Year: 2009
August 14th & 19th "Ratatouile"
Remy is a young rat in the French countryside who arrives in Paris, only to find out that his cooking idol is
dead. When he makes an unusual alliance with a restaurant's new garbage boy, the culinary and
personal adventures begin despite Remy's family's skepticism and the rat-hating world of humans.
Voices:
Patton Oswalt (Remy)
Ian Holm (Skinner)
Brad Garrett (Gusteau)
Janeane Garofalo (Colette)
Director: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava
Writer: Brad Bird, Jim Capobianco
Runtime: 111 min
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy
Language: Greek (dubbed)
Production Year: 2007
August 17th & 25th "Heartbeats (Les amours imaginaires)"
Francis and Marie are two friends who fall in love with the same person, the handsome Nicola. The three
friends are involved in a love triangle were each one makes his own idea about Nicola and his feelings. A
poetic and colorful movie by the young Canadian (22 years old) Xavier Dolan.
Cast:
Monia Chokri (Marie)
Niels Schneider (Nicolas)
Xavier Dolan (Francis)
Anne Dorval (Désirée)
Director: Xavier Dolan
Writer: Xavier Dolan
Runtime: 95 min
Genre: Drama, Romance
Language: French
Subtitles: Greek
Production Year: 2010
August 26th & Septmber 2nd "Mammuth"
Serge Pilardosse is about to retire from his job in a slaughterhouse. So, how will this man fill his days? He
does not like reading neither doing odd jobs about the house. To make matters worse, his wife Catherine,
who still works in a supermarket, notices that her husband will not get full retirement benefits since some
of his former employers failed to do the requisite paperwork. So off goes Serge, riding his old Munch
"Mammut" bike, in search of the missing documents.
Cast:
Gérard Depardieu (Serge Pilardosse, dit Mammuth)
Yolande Moreau (Catherine Pilardosse)
Isabelle Adjani
Benoît Poelvoorde
Director: Gustave de Kervern, Benoît Delépine
Writer: Benoît Delépine, Gustave de Kervern
Runtime: 92 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Language: French
Subtitles: Greek
Production Year: 2010
August 27th & 31st "Brief Encounter"
On a café at a railway station, housewife Laura Jesson meets doctor Alec Harvey. Although she is
already married, they gradually fall in love with each other. They continue to meet every Thursday on the
small café, although they know that their love is impossible.
Cast:
Celia Johnson (Laura Jesson)
Trevor Howard (Dr. Alec Harvey)
Stanley Holloway (Albert Godby)
Joyce Carey (Myrtle Bagot)
Director: David Lean
Writer: Noel Coward
Runtime: 86 min
Genre: Drama, Romance
Language: English
Subtitles: Greek
Production Year: 1945
August 28th & September 1st "The Red Shoes"
Under the authoritarian rule of charismatic ballet impressario Boris Lermontov, his proteges realize the full
promise of their talents, but at a price: utter devotion to their art and complete loyalty to Lermontov
himself. Under his near-obsessive guidance, young ballerina Victoria Page is poised for superstardom,
but earns Lermontov's scorn when she falls in love with Julian Craster, composer of "The Red Shoes".
Vicky leaves the company and marries Craster, but still finds herself torn between Lermontov's demands
and those of her heart.
Cast:
Anton Walbrook (Boris Lermontov)
Marius Goring (Julian Craster)
Moira Shearer (Victoria Page)
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Writer: Hans Christian Andersen, Emeric Pressburger
Runtime: 133 min
Genre: Drama, Romance, Music
Language: English
Subtitles: Greek
Production Year: 1948
September 3rd & 4th "Le Petit Nicolas"
Primary school pupil Nicolas's life is turned upside down when his friend Joachim doesn't return to school
after the birth of a little brother. Convinced Joachim's parents have abandoned him in the woods to
devote themselves to their new offspring and certain his parents are plotting the same, Nicolas foments a
plan to kidnap his sibling immediately after the birth, with the help of his friends, Alceste the glutton,
Geoffroy the rich kid, Clotaire the dunce, Eudes the tough kid and Rufus, who wants to become a police
officer.
Cast:
Maxime Godart (Nicolas)
Valérie Lemercier
Kad Merad
Director: Laurent Tirard
Writer: René Goscinny, Alain Chabat
Runtime: 91 min
Genre: Comedy, Family
Language: French
Subtitles: Greek
Production Year: 2009