Angel
- Director: Giorgos Katakouzinos
- Writer: Giorgos Katakouzinos
- Producer: Giorgos Katakouzinos
CGiii Comment
A step back in time...into a different county and culture...
This is low-budget bravery - don't think it's going to be a frivolous gay tale - this is a dark and unrelenting destruction of body and soul.
Seriously, despite its faults, this is fine film-making...on a shoe-string.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A young gay man in Athens, Angelo, keeps his sexual identity a secret from his family. He falls hard for a rough sailor, Mikhalis, and moves in with him. Mikhalis convinces Angelo to dress in drag and work a corner with other transvestites. With the money, Mikhalis buys a fancy motorcycle and hangs out in bars. By day, Angelo is in the army; at night, he whores. At Christmas, he visits his grandmother, and we learn that she and his mother were also prostitutes. A crisis ensues when neighborhood men beat up Angelo: his family is informed, the army discharges him, and his father goes crazy. Then Mikhalis wants Angelo gone. What will the young man do?
Cast & Characters
Michalis Maniatis as Angelos;
Dionysis Xanthos as Mihalis;
Katerina Helmy as Angelos' Mother;
Vasilis Tsaglos as Angelos' Father;
Giorgos Bartis as Angelos' Ex-boyfriend;
Maria Alkeou as Angelos' Grandmother;
Mihalis Agelidakis; Aliki;
Spiros Bibilas as Dancer at the Disco;
Menelaos Daflos; Mihalis Giannatos;
Pavlos Kontoyannidis;
Eleni Kourkoula as Angelos' Sister;
Nikos Kouros;
Stelios Lionakis