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Adonis Kyrou
Born October 18, 1923 · Athens, Greece
Died November 4, 1985 · aged 62
Adonis Kyrou was a Greek-born French film director, screenwriter, and critic, known for his work in surrealist cinema and film criticism. Born in Athens, he moved to Paris after World War II, where he became an active member of the surrealist movement and a close associate of filmmaker Luis Buñuel. Kyrou directed several films, including The Roundup (1965) and The Monk (1972), the latter co-writt…
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The Monk · 1972The Monk
★ 5.81972
MovieDramaHorror
Ambrosio is a monk who is sexually tempted by an emissary of the Devil, a young girl in monk's robes. After he has committed numerous crimes, it appears that he will be caught and punished by the Inquisition. Instead, he signs up on the Devil's team and wins his freedom.. and eventually, the papacy.
La Chevelure · 1961La Chevelure
★ 5.71961
MovieHorror
A man developes an obsession with a wig.
Un honnête homme · 1963Un honnête homme
★ 9.01963
MovieComedy
In 1900, an ambitious young man goes to Paris to make a fortune there. He will naturally get rich but by becoming a dreaded bandit. When he falls in love with the woman of his life, he tries to reform. To this end, he joins the colonial army.
Barbara and Her Furs · 1967Barbara and Her Furs
1967
MovieDrama
Short film for the french TV program "Dim Dam Dom". A love letter to Barbara Steele and Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs.
The Roundup · 1965The Roundup
★ 6.91965
MovieDramaWar
A summer night in 1944 in Kokkinia, Kosmas, a black marketeer, is out with his friends before he is arrested by the German patrol. The Germans push him to turn in people from the Resistance, or they will execute him.
Sial IV · 1969Sial IV
★ 5.01969
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyMystery
Sial IV is a Swiss television miniseries by Greek filmmaker and writer Adonis Kyrou, adapted from the speculative fiction novel Deadly Image (AKA The Uncertain Midnight) by British author Edmund Cooper. It tells the story of Denis Lange (Henri Gilabert), a fallout shelter engineer who is accidentally trapped in suspended animation as war breaks out in 1970, only to awaken in the early 2100s in Sial IV, an underground city in which humankind lives a life of leisure, having discharged all responsibility to androids. Assigned the android Diana as his personal assistant, Denis ventures through this unsettling idyll, eventually finding a small but tenacious group of resistors who seek to uncover the truth about the compound and its ruler, the mysterious Machiavelli.
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