Afti i nyhta menei (2000)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Nikos Panayotopoulos

Writers:

Thanos Alexandris (book)
Thanos Alexandris (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 January 2000 (Greece)

Genre:

Drama | Music | Romance

Plot:

Stella is a beautiful young girl who dreams of becoming one day a famous singer. Her boyfriend Andreas leads a quiet life working at his small store...

Plot Keywords:

Greece | Singer | Male Female Relationship | Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship | Athens Greece

Awards:

6 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Nikos Kouris	...	Andreas
Athina Maximou	...	Stella
Zoe Nalbanti
Kostas Markopoulos	...	Writer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Thanos Alexandris
Fotini Baxevani
George Dialegmenos
Zinos Panagiotidis
Dimitra Papiou	...	Stella (voice)
Max Roman
Yannis Rozakis
Takis Spiridakis
Thanassis Viskadourakis
Spiros Zoupanos

Also Known As:

Edge of Night (International: English title)

Runtime:

USA:112 min | Greece:117 min

Country:

Greece | Cyprus

Language:

Greek

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Australia:MA

Company:

Greek Film Center

Too stilted and artificial

Afti I Nihta Meni is about the perennial pursue of our dreams and the imminent failure we are facing while on the road. The scenario is promising but the implementation fails. Sophomoric directing, unbelievable dialogues, lack of interaction and the artificially staged scenes estrange the audience. The poor sound quality doesn't help at all making this film realistic. The best part of it is that it jumps on the Thrace-is-cool bandwagon (a trend that was started by Ola Ine Dromos), showing us great landscapes and scenery. For you non-Greeks, Thrace is at the crossroads of East and West, bordering Bulgaria and Turkey. It is the most underdeveloped but perhaps also the most beautiful region of Greece. It definitely makes great cinema to present natural beauty along with poverty. The even better part is that it follows the provincial "dog clubs" depiction of Ola Ine Dromos, one of the most prominent expressions of decadence, now raised to cult status by urban Greeks. Athina Maximou is a visual pleasure, while Dimitra Pappiou (Athina's vocal replacement) tries desperately to be upgraded from the dog singer she actually is to a "serious" singer. About Stamatis Kraounakis and his "worship me" mentality, just a line from the film: Stella is asked about her repertoire and she answers that it is the late Manos Hadjidakis (a music icon in Greece) and ... Kraounakis! Now that's what I call modesty. Single-handedly the most annoying line in the whole movie.