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Angel

Country: Greece, Language: Greek, 126 mins

Original Title

Angelos
  • 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