A Drop in the Ocean

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A Drop in the Ocean

ΣΤΑΓΟΝΑ ΣΤΟΝ ΩΚΕΑΝΟ

1 hour 46 minutes – 1995 – Drama, Romance

A fleeting love story between an actress struggling to create and a former deserter who rejects any safe ground. Andreas and Anna long for the lost values of life. Playing the game of love, they search for what they yearn for. Yet, as victims of the modern era, they only live briefly within passion. Fear prevails. Andreas takes revenge on Anna because her acts of generosity unsettle him. Wounded, Anna withdraws and stops fighting. Melancholic and weak, both ultimately shrink before the meaning of love. Insignificant in the universe, a drop in the ocean, their story is nothing but a moment — just like life itself.

CAST

Amalia Moutoussi
Yorgos Sfyridis
Sergios Alexopoulos

CREDITS

DIRECTOR: Eleni Alexandraki
SCREENPLAY: Eleni Alexandraki
(based on a story by Andreas Staikos)
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Vassilis Kapsouros,
Christos Asimakopoulos
EDITING: Despo Maroulakou
MUSIC: Yorgos Papadakis
SETS: Marina Athanasiou
COSTUMES: Anna Zouganeli
SOUND: Mimis Kassimatis

AWARDS

BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (FORUM)
Mionetto Film Award
ISTANBUL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Special Prize of the Jury
VALLALOLID INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Best Actress (Amalia Moutoussi)
STATE PRIZE FOR BEST FILM
Eleni Alexandraki (as producer)

REVIEWS

ELENI ALEXANDRAKI

She was born in Athens in 1957. She studied film at the University of Sorbonne, Paris 1, and at the National Film and TV School in England. A director, screenwriter, and producer of her films, she has created short films, feature films, and documentaries, as she believes there is no fundamental difference between the two genres. Her works have been honored with numerous awards in Greece and abroad at major international festivals. She is also an author and organizes a small film festival every summer on the island of Nisyros.

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