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Rembetiko (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Thessaloniki Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Greek ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Greek ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
148 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1983 and produced in:
Greece ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Costas Ferris

Written By:
Costas Ferris
Sotiria Leonardou

Actors:
Sotiria Leonardou ..... Marika
Nikos Kalogeropoulos ..... Bambis
Michalis Maniatis ..... Giorgakis
Themis Bazaka ..... Andriana
Nikos Dimitratos ..... Panagis
Giorgos Zorbas ..... Thomas
Konstantinos Tzoumas ..... Giannis
Vicky Vanita ..... Roza
Vaso Alexandridou ..... Diogenis
Nikolas Asimos ..... Fondas
Lina Babatsia
Takis Binis
Nikos Birbilis
Marilena Dania
Katerina-Danai Ferri
Nikos Fronimopoulos
Joseph
Popi Katsabani
Eirini Lymberopoulou
Soulis Manisalis
Nikos Maragopoulos
Spyros Mavides
Athena Mertiri
Kostas Tsigos

Synopsis:

Based on a true story, this uneven but engaging musical drama sweeps through a turbulent 40 years in popular singer Marika Ninou's (Sotiria Leonardou) life -- and in the history of Greece -- starting with the singer's birth in Smyrna, Turkey in 1917. Ninou was deported to Greece along with all the other Greeks in Smyrna when she was only seven years old, and a few years later, her parents started a career as a musician and a singer in a nightclub/bar. In the short space of one decade, Ninou witnesses her father murder her mother, runs away from home, has a baby, and comes back to the nightclub to sing in an act with a childhood friend and a bouzouki player, Babis. Success finally comes big-time, but then Ninou's childhood friend is exiled for political reasons, and she and Babis leave for other venues. Although Ninou carries a torch for Babis, their relationship never seems to work out, and after many years and World War II go by, she sends her daughter away to a convent school and goes on a tour in America. At last, her fame may spread beyond the boundaries of Greece -- or so it seems. Sotiria Leonardou won the prize for 'Best Actress' at the 1983 Thessaloniki Film Festival, for her portrayal of Ninou, and the film itself tied for 'Best Picture,' and won three other awards as well (two 'Best Supporting Actor' prizes, and one for music).

Rembetiko charts the tragic true story of one of Greece's most popular singers, Marika Ninou (Sotiria Leonardou). Her rise as a singer is shadowed by key moments in Greek history such as the Nazi occupation and the Civil War. Her life is full of torment, and her pain is evident in her singing. Ninou is as cherished in Greece as Piaf is in France, and this is her vie en rose. Remebtiko is the recipient of numerous International awards.

Over a span of 40 years of modern Greek history, the story follows the lives of a group of 'rembetes', Anatolian Greeks who emigrated back to Greece and settled in the slums of the port city of Piraeus where they became an underground group known for their radical music, played in 'hashish' dens. The focus is on the life of one female singer and the love triangle she creates between her two fellow male musicians.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 12 October, 2009.

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