The UM Hellenic Student Association,
the UM Program in Modern Greek Studies,
and the Foundation for Modern Greek Studies invite you to...

 


Summer in the City
All the drama and comedy of life in the sprawling Greek metropolis of Athens

 
April 2004 - University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Fri 04/02 8:00 pm MLB Lec. Room 2 Save Me
Sat 04/03 8:00 pm MLB Lec. Room 2 One Day in August
Fri 04/16 8:00 pm MLB Lec. Room 2 An Athens Summer Night's Dream

Admission to all the films is free.

 

Location

Modern Languages Building (MLB)
812 East Washington, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1275 [See campus map.]

 

Films

All films are in color, in Greek with English subtitles.
 

Save Me

Save Me / Sose Me (2001)
Fri 04/02/04, 8:00 p.m., MLB Lecture Room 2
In hectic Athens, a young designer is having a bad streak. Her ex-fiance has left her with huge mortgage payments, her boss goes bunkrupt, her new boyfriend is less than sympathetic, and she may have made her one big mistake... Duration: 100'

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More on this film: Greek Film Center
 

One Day in August

One Day in August / Dekapendavgoustos (2001)
Sat 04/03/04, 8:00 p.m., MLB Lecture Room 2
When the residents of an Athens appartment building go on their summer vacations, a burglar breaks in. As he wanders around their appartments, the mosaic of their stories and secrets comes alive... Duration: 105'

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More on this film: Greek Film Center
 

An Athens Summer Night's Dream

An Athens Summer Night's Dream / Oniro Therinis Nichtos (1999)
Fri 04/16/04, 8:00 p.m., MLB Lecture Room 2
A disparate group of young actors show up at a casting call for Shakespeare's "Mid-Summer Night's Dream", staged by an ambitious young Athens director. As rehearsals begin, the cast gets a bit too much into character... Duration: 75'

More on this film: Greek Film Center
 

 

Sponsors

  • C. P. Cavafy Chair of Modern Greek Studies >
  • Foundation for Modern Greek Studies >
  • Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE) >
  • Michigan Student Assembly >
  • Rackham Student Government >
  • Greek Film Center >

The films Save Me and An Athens Summer Night's Dream are presented as part of the Greek Independent Films in USA touring series. The series, which will also be shown in New York, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and Connecticut, is produced by Georgia Siampalioti, to whom we are grateful for her assistance in acquiring these films.

Questions about this event? Email hsa-culture [at] umich [dot] edu.

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