Madalena | |
Director: | Dinos Dimopoulos |
Producer: | Theophanis A. Damaskinos Victor G. Michaelides |
Starring: | Aliki Vougiouklaki |
Cinematography: | Walter Lassally |
Editing: | Yanna Spyropoulou Giorgos Tsaoulis |
Runtime: | 91 minutes |
Country: | Greece |
Language: | Greek |
Madalena (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μανταλένα) is a 1960 Greek comedy film directed by Dinos Dimopoulos. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film won three awards in the 1st Thessaloniki Film Festival.
A girl lives on a small Greek island in the Aegean sea. She and her family live off the job of her father who has a little boat that ferries passengers to a neighboring island. When her father dies, she has to become the head of her family and take care of her brothers and sisters. As a working woman, she faces discrimination from the island's community. Despite many difficulties she doesn't give up. Frustrated, she decides to marry a rich farmer from the island. But the love of her main competitor overturns the situation.[2]
1st Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Giorgos Roussos | |
Best Leading Actress | Aliki Vougiouklaki | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Pantelis Zervos |