Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness

Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 20, 2020

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Μελίνα στοπ καρέ – Αναζητώντας τη σύγχρονη ελληνικότητα

Production Companies

Melina Mercouri Foundation, National Theatre of Greece, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports

Director

Manos Karatzogiannis

Description

Through thirteen images and an equal number of stories, little Melina-Amalia, the teenager, the woman, the fighter, Blanche, Stella, Ilya, Phaedra, Medea, Clytemnestra, Minister of Culture, the stoic Melina in Memorial Hospital, all aspects of the "last Greek goddess". Shot on the stage of the National Theater Rex - Marika Kotopouli, it captures, balancing between theater and cinema, important historical events that make the myth that surrounds the glamorous protagonist even more powerful and charming.