During the dictatorship, a young man goes to Paris, where he seeks help from a solitary and almost misanthropic distant relative who works as a furrier.The young man carries with him the photograph of a singer whom he presents as his sister, thus causing a series of misunderstandings which trap him in a vicious circle of lies and fantasies.An allegory in the form of a modern-day tragedy of the "misunderstandings" and deceits of modern Greek history, as seen through the eyes of a Greek of the Diaspora.
The Photograph
Η φωτογραφία
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PAVLOS ZANNAS
13 May 2025 21:00
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- Direction: Nico Papatakis
- Script: Nico Papatakis
- Cinematography: Aris Stavrou, Arnaud Desplechin
- Editing: Delphine Desfons
- Sound: Pascal Armant, Yannis Haralambidis
- Music: Christodoulos Halaris
- Actors: Christos Tsangas, Aris Retsos, Zozo Zarpa, Despina Tomazani, Christos Valavanidis
- Production: Greek Film Center, Ikones Ltd, RGP
- Costumes: Nikos Meletopoulos
- Sets: Nikos Meletopoulos
- Format: 35mm
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Greece - France
- Production Year: 1986
- Duration: 102’
Nico Papatakis
He was born in Ethiopia. In 1939 he moved to Paris where he studied acting and began his career as an actor. Between 1948 and 1955 he managed “The Red Rose” literary café where artists like Juliette Gréco and Boris Vian debuted. In 1950 he produced his close friend Jean Genet’s only movie, Un Chant d’Amour. In 1959 he became the co-producer of John Cassavetes’s first film, Shadows. Occasionally he directed for the theater and he recently published the autobiographical novel Tous les désespoirs sont permis (Ed. Fayard, 2003).
Filmography
1963 Les Abysses
1967 Les pâtres du désordre (The Shepherds)
1986 The Photograph
1991 Les Equilibristes (The Tightrope Walkers)
1975-05 Gloria Mundi
