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Ephemeral Town

2000 · 95 min

A quiet, melancholy journey through memory and loss, where a man's search for his past becomes a meditation on displacement and change.

Directed by
Giorgos Zafiris
Genres
Drama
Starring
George Dialegmenos, Maria Skoula, Maria Kehayioglou
Overview
A man trying to get in touch with his past is confronted with the realities of his nation's future in this drama. Andreas (Giorgos Dialegmenos) is an elderly man who finds himself caught in a wave of nostalgia about the home where he grew up with his mother. Andreas decides to travel to the Greek island where he and his mother lived in hopes of visiting his boyhood home, but he soon discovers that things have changed a great deal over the years; many familiar landmarks are gone, and no one on the island is terribly interested in helping him find his way. After much searching, Andreas thinks he's found the place where he grew up, only to discover the house is gone, and a group of refugees have set up camp on what used to be the family's property. Efimeri Poli was the first dramatic feature from director Giorgos Zafiris after helming a series of well-respected documentaries.

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Directed by
Giorgos Zafiris
Genres
Drama
Starring
George Dialegmenos, Maria Skoula, Maria Kehayioglou
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    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • memory
    • isolation
    • immigration
    • aging
    • identity
    Places
    • countryside
    • sea
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Giorgos Zafiris
    Written by
    Christos Koulinos, Yannis Leontaris, Giorgos Zafiris
    Starring
    George Dialegmenos, Maria Skoula, Maria Kehayioglou, Giorgos Vasilakis, Muzafer Zifla, Dioni Kourtaki, Drita Pelingu, Christos Tsagas
    Runtime
    95 min
    Country
    Greece
    Languages
    Greek

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