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 Drop in the Ocean” explores gender equality and how it affects relationships and love in the 1990s.

Α fleeting love story between an actress struggling to create and an old deserter who rejects every safe place to settle. They are victims of the times in which they live, and their passion is short-lived. Α mere trifle in the universe, a drop in the ocean, their story is but a moment, as indeed is the whole of life itself.

CAST

Amalia Moutoussi
Giorgos 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
Mionetto Film Award
ISTANBUL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Special Prize of the Jury
VALLALOLID INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Best Actress (Amalia Moutoussi)

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