Nikos Papatakis Collection - 11-Disc BoxSet ( Les abysses / Oi voskoi / Gloria mundi / I fotografia / Les équilibristes ) ( The Depths / Thanos and Despina / In Hell / The Photograph / Walking a Tightrope )

Nikos Papatakis Collection - 11-Disc BoxSet (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Les abysses / Oi voskoi / Gloria mundi / I fotografia / Les équilibristes
Alternate Title: The Depths / Thanos and Despina / In Hell / The Photograph / Walking a Tightrope
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Thessaloniki Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )
Greek ( Mono )
Greek ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
653 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Collectors Edition
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Music Video
Scene Access
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1963-2004 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Greece ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Nikos Papatakis

Written By:
Louis Jouvet

Jean Vauthier
Nikos Papatakis
Jean Genet

Actors:
Francine Bergé ..... Michelle la bonne
Colette Bergé ..... Marie-Louise
Pascale de Boysson ..... Elisabeth Lapeyre
Colette Régis ..... Mme. Lapeyre
Paul Bonifas ..... Mons. Lapeyre
Jean-Louis Le Goff ..... Philippe
Lise Daubigny ..... Buyer
Robert Benoît ..... Buyer
Marcel Roche ..... Buyer
Olga Karlatos ..... Despoina
George Dialegmenos ..... Thanos Zekos
Lambros Tsagas ..... Yankos
Elli Xanthaki ..... Katina
Tzavalas Karousos ..... Vlahopoulos
Dimos Starenios ..... Karavidas
Giannis Argyris ..... Haralambos
Nikiforos Naneris ..... Pericles
Maria Konstadarou ..... Loula
Joly Garbi ..... Mme. Vlahopoulos
Nasos Kedrakas ..... Papadimas
Vasos Andronidis ..... Zaharias
Olga Karlatos ..... Galai / actress
Roland Bertin ..... Raftal / producer
Philippe Adrien ..... Gilles
Mehmet Ulusoy ..... Naki
Armand Abplanalp ..... Sainof
Christiane Tissot ..... Marsanne
Jean-Louis Broust ..... Biseau
Anna Douking ..... L'espion
Jacques Ebner ..... Yvette
Annick Fougery
Alain Halle-Halle
André Lambert
Didot Lyloudis
Antoinette Moya
Louis Navarre
Pierre Nunzi
Jean Rougeul
Francis Roussef
Hristos Tsagas ..... Gerasimos Tzivas
Aris Retsos ..... Ilias Apostolou
Zozo Zarpa ..... Soula Apostolou
Despina Tomazani ..... Fofi
Hristos Valavanidis ..... Antonis Doukas
Marina Delivoria ..... Stella
Yannis Totsikas ..... Harilaos
Stratos Pahis ..... Photographer
Orestis Tsanakis ..... Antonis' employee
Yiorgos Kalantzis ..... Kristian
Metaxia Deliou
Kostas Markopoulos
André Wilms
Michel Piccoli ..... Marcel Spadice
Lilah Dadi ..... Franz-Ali Aoussine
Polly Walker ..... Hélène Lagache
Doris Kunstmann ..... Christa Paeffgen Aoussine
Patrick Mille ..... Fredy Babitchev
Juliette Degenne ..... Jacqueline Masset`
Laurent Hennequin ..... Soldat
Olivier Pajot ..... Diekman
Emiliano Suarez ..... Le directeur du cirque en tournée
Michel Palmer ..... Monsieur Loyal
Bernard Farcy ..... Policier au commissariat
Guy Louret ..... Agent auxiliaire Rouquet

Synopsis:

Founder of the Parisian cabaret theatre «?La Rose Rouge?», producer of John Cassavetes' first film «?Shadows?», and of «?A Love Song?» by Jean Genet, one of his closest friends, Nico Papatakis is, above all, an explosive and independent filmmaker: the solitary author of a body work that resists time and critical categories. A cinema of insurrection and intensity. The Nico Papatakis box set has received the Best Special Features DVD Award 2016 XIII edition (Il Cinema Ritrovato / Bologna). All of his movies are now available in limited edition: 6 movies + 4 CDs + 1 book + several hours of exclusive bonus features. The Depths: Two orphaned sisters, Michele and Marie have been working as servants in a family for some time now. As the drama begins, they are tearing apart the house in the absence of the family. They rant and rave or just talk, slowly revealing that they have not been paid in a long time, and they are alternately either afraid or wildly elated... Thanos and Despina: Katina, an impoverished Greek woman, tries to arrange the marriage of her shepherd son, Thanos, to Despina, the daughter of a wealthy landowner. But Despina's father, Vlahopoulos, refuses to give his blessings and wants Despina to marry a wealthier gentleman named Yankos. The wealthy and spoiled Yankos plots to break up the romantic union between Thanos and Despina any way possible while the young lovers plot to run away in a futile attempt to begin a new life for themselves. In Hell: Hamdias, a producer, has just started a movie whose main theme is torture. But filming is soon interrupted first because of a lack of capital but mainly because Hamdias is killed in tragic circumstances. After a while, Gaila, his friend and also the main actress of his film, sets about continuing his work... The Photograph: Ilias Apostolou, a young furrier who has had a hard time under the dictatorship, leaves Castoria in 1971 to emigrate to France, where he hopes to join a distant relative of his, Gerassimos Tzivas, who has been living there since 1950. With him, he takes nothing from his homeland but a photograph of a person that he finds on the pavement. He asks Gerassimos to help him in finding work in Paris. A misunderstanding around the photograph, however, sets off a series of dramatic events. Walking a Tightrope: Marcel Spandice, a famous homosexual writer during the sixties in Paris, is trying to make a young Arab into the greatest tightrope walker in the world. Gloria Mundi (2004): In 2004, Nikos Papatakis re-edited parts of the film, shot a few new scenes, added some ghostly digital effects - adding layer upon layer to an already complex and challenging cinematic text. A one-of-a-kind work.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 14 October, 2021.

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