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The Hellenic Society Prometheas presents The Cistern (Film in Greek, No subtitles.)

When: Friday October 27, 2006
8:00 PM to 10:15 PM
Where: St. George Greek Orthodox Church
7701 Bradley Boulevard
Bethesda, MD  20817 
Cover Charge: $5.00

The Hellenic Society Prometheas

Presents

The Cistern (2001)

Elefsina, 1974. A band of young teenagers roams their neighborhood spending,

unwittingly, the last summer of their childhood. They challenge each other in pranks,

soccer games, biking around, fighting the opposite gang, diving in an abandoned

cistern, and dealing with grownups. It is that grownup world that encroaches around

them, however, and before the summer is over will transform each one of them

completely. This is a tribute to a fast-disappearing but still resonant late-20th-century

experience, and to often-overlooked times and places, rendering them in probably the

richest Technicolor used in Greek cinema.

Christos Dimas (b. 1969) studied political science in Athens and attended

cinematography seminars in Europe. In 1997 he moved to the US where for a few

years he worked in Northern California as an assistant director in Lucas Film and

other studios. His own first few movies were four dramatic shorts: A Sky Full of

Stars (1995), Tender (1997), Breath (1998), and Amerikanos (1999). Once back in

Greece, he has been a prolific director and writer in various media: television (Red

Circle; Babalou; etc.), theater, and even music videos. The Cistern is based on his

semi-autobiographical book “The Acrobats of the Garden”.

In his first feature film, Dimas worked with several well-known actors and

actresses. Themis Bazaka (oldest of three sisters) won the Best Supporting Actress

award in the Thessaloniki Film Festival. The kids crew gives a convincing

performance. Editing and photography are of high quality. Dimas’s storyline spawns

several subplots, but at the end he pulls them all back together.

St. George Greek Orthodox Church

7701 Bradley Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20817

Friday, October 27, 2006, 8:00 pm

The film is shown in Greek and without subtitles (NR, 110 min)

Admission: $5 (students with ID: free)

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The Hellenic Society Prometheas, 6700 Landon Lane, Bethesda MD, 20817

Tel. 301-229-9389

www.Prometheas.org

Event Contact: The Hellenic Society Prometheas
E-mail Address: [email protected]
Event's Web Site: http://www.prometheas.org/eventAnnouncements/The%20Cistern%20-%20October%2027,%202006.pdf