2019 Films Archive

YESTERDAY

COMEDY • 116’ • UK • 2019

Director: Danny Boyle
Language: English
Subtitles: Greek
Rating: PG-13

Until yesterday, everyone knew the Beatles. Today, only Jack, an unknown singer-songwriter who lives in a small British town, remembers their songs. His dreams of fame and success are quickly fading, despite the devotion and support of his best childhood friend, Eli. After a mysterious general blackout, Jack discovers the Beatles never existed! And so the young singer starts to perform the songs of the biggest band of all times to an audience who have never heard them!

PAROS • 11 JULY • 20.45 • LEFKES POPUP CINEMA
PATMOS • 21 JULY • 20.15 • SKALA OPEN AIR CINEMA

BY THE GRACE OF GOD

Drama • 137’ • France, Belgium • 2018

Director: François Ozon
Language: French
Subtitles: English, Greek
Rating: Not Rated

Alexandre lives in Lyon with his wife and children. One day he finds out by chance that the priest who molested him when he was a boyscout is still working with children. He decides to act, and so do two more of the priest’s victims, Francois and Emmanuel. The three of them join forces to “lift the veil of silence” surrounding their ordeal. However, the consequences will leave no one unaffected…

PAROS • 11 JULY • 20.45 • CINE REX
PATMOS • 19 JULY • 23.00 • SKALA OPEN AIR CINEMA

EUPHORIA

Drama • 115’ • Italy • 2018

Director: Valeria Golino
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English, Greek
Rating: Not Rated

The film revolves around two distant brothers, forced together by life events. Matteo (Scamarcio) is a young successful entrepreneur who is open-minded, charming and dynamic. His brother Ettore (Mastandrea) still lives in the small provincial town where they were born, teaching at the local middle school. He is a fairly cautious and honest man, who has always stayed out of the spotlight out of fear of making mistakes. They are two apparently very distant people. However, a difficult situation results in the two brothers being given the opportunity to get to know each other, and they soon discover that they have a surprisingly close bond in a vortex of fragility and tenderness, fear and euphoria.

PAROS • 12 JULY • 23.00 • CINE REX
PATMOS • 20 JULY • 20.45 • SKALA OPEN AIR CINEMA

TOP END WEDDING

Comedy • 103’ • Australia • 2019

Director: Wayne Blair
Language: English, French, Tiwi
Subtitles: English, Greek
Rating: Not Rated

Immediately after her engagement, Lauren rushes home to learn her mother has left her father and disappeared. Following a hilarious trail of evidence, she soon finds herself on a path that will not only reveal where her mother has gone but also help solve a long-standing mystery about her mother’s past, reunite her parents, and pull off her dream wedding. In this heartfelt romance—co-written by lead actress Miranda Tapsell—director Wayne Blair takes viewers on a sweeping journey from the big city to the Top End of Australia, culminating in a beautiful story about returning home.

PAROS • 12 JULY • 20.45 • CINE REX
PATMOS • 19 JULY • 20.45 • SKALA OPEN AIR CINEMA

PHOTOGRAPH

Romance • 109’ • India, Germany, USA • 2019

Director: Ritesh Batra
Language: Hindi, Gujarati, English
Subtitles: English, Greek
Rating: Not Rated

Rafi (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), a struggling Mumbai street photographer pressured to marry by his grandmother, convinces a shy stranger, Miloni (Sanya Malhotra), to pose as his fiancée during a family visit. Despite vast cultural differences, the pair develop a surprising connection that challenges their worldviews in a wistful and funny romance from Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox). Featuring some of Indian cinema’s most popular actors, Photograph is a heartwarming and comical snapshot of life in contemporary Mumbai.

PAROS • 11 JULY • 23.00 • CINE REX
PATMOS • 17 JULY • 23.00 • SKALA OPEN AIR CINEMA

SMUGGLING HENDRIX

Drama, Comedy • 92′ • Cyprus • 2019

Director: Marios Piperides
Language: Greek, English, Turkish
Subtitles: English, Greek
Rating: Not Rated

Yiannis, a fading musician, is planning to leave crisis-ridden Cyprus for a better life abroad. His plans are put on hold when his dog Jimi runs away and crosses the UN buffer zone that divides the “Greek” from the “Turkish” side of the island. Since animal exchange between the two “sides” is prohibited, Yiannis reluctantly joins forces with Hasan, a Turkish settler, and a cast of unexpected characters to smuggle his best friend back. Through the simple story of a man who loses his dog, SMUGGLING HENDRIX gives a vivid demonstration of how the fences we build, both real and imagined, between ourselves and others, can be broken down once we recognize the familiarity in the face of the unknown.

PAROS • 14 JULY • 20.45 • CINE REX
PATMOS • 18 JULY • 20.45 • SKALA OPEN AIR CINEMA

ROCKETMAN

Biography, Drama, Music • 121′ • United Kingdom, USA, Canada • 2019

Director: Dexter Fletcher
Language: English
Subtitles: Greek
Rating: R

ROCKETMAN is an epic musical fantasy about the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story tells the universally relatable story of how a small-town boy became one of the most iconic figures in pop culture. ROCKETMAN also stars Jamie Bell as Elton’s longtime lyricist and writing partner Bernie Taupin, Richard Madden as Elton’s first manager, John Reid, and Bryce Dallas Howard as Elton’s mother Sheila Farebrother.

PAROS • 14 JULY • 23.00 • CINE REX
PATMOS • 20 JULY • 23.00 • SKALA OPEN AIR CINEMA

THE DEAD DON’T DIE

Fantasy, Comedy, Horror • 104’ • Sweeden, USA • 2019

Director: Jim Jarmusch
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Greek
Rating: R

In the sleepy small town of Centerville, something is not quite right. The moon hangs large and low in the sky, the hours of daylight are becoming unpredictable, and animals are beginning to exhibit unusual behaviors. No one quite knows why. News reports are scary and scientists are concerned. But no one foresees the strangest and most dangerous repercussion that will soon start plaguing Centerville: The Dead Don’t Die — they rise from their graves and savagely attack and feast on the living, and the citizens of the town must battle for their survival.

PATMOS • 18 JULY • 23.00 • SKALA OPEN AIR CINEMA

DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME – POWERED BY COSMOTE TV

ΕΤΕΡΟΣ ΕΓΩ – LOST SOULS

TV Series, Crime, Thriller • 120’ • Greece • 2019

Director: Sotiris Tsafoulias

Language: Greek
Rating: Not Rated

A series of murders alarm the police authorities, as strange symbolisms are traced to every crime scene. The eccentric professor of criminology Dimitris Lainis is asked to shed some light on the mystery.