Manousos Manousakis

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Manousos Manousakis

Born January 14, 1950 · Athens, Greece

Died November 20, 2024 · aged 74

Manousos Manousakis (Greek: Μανούσος Μανουσάκης; 14 January 1950 – 20 November 2024) was a Greek director, producer and writer. His paternal family is from Avdou Heraklion. He studied at the London Film School. He was married to Maria, and together they had two children. He was a nephew of Irene Papas and first cousin of Aias Manthopoulos. Manousos Manousakis died in Athens on 20 November 2024, at…

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The EnchantressThe Enchantress · 1985
The Enchantress
9.01985
MovieFantasyRomance
Combining Greek popular tradition and magic realist irrationalism, it tells the story of a 17-year-old youth who runs away from his village to find The Enchantress, a beautiful fairy feared by all. Travelling through an enchanted world of ghosts, spirits, imps and fairies, he leans what true love and passion really are.
Reverse courseReverse course · 1987
Reverse course
1987
MovieDramaRomance
As a coincidental event unites a publisher and a hospital manager, sinister revelations entangle the couple with the aspiration of an editor-in-chief. Will he unearth the truth? After all, almost everybody has a skeleton in the closet.
The Idlers of the Fertile ValleyThe Idlers of the Fertile Valley · 1978
The Idlers of the Fertile Valley
6.31978
MovieDrama
A wealthy member of the upper classes and his three sons withdraw to a country villa where they spend their days in complete idleness, having everything done for them by their young and beautiful maid. They surrender to the pleasure of sleep, while idleness permeates the tiny world of these living dead, with the exception of the woman who is the sole representative of positive values, will-power and action. Finally, the youngest son will try to break free.
PowerPower · 1977
Power
8.01977
MovieComedyDrama
An abstract tale of a society that exploits everyone and everything. A closed societal system is run by a class of rulers composed of priests, elders, politicians, bankers, and military men. All these people prostitute themselves in order to exercise power with the same ease that they drink their coffee.
BartolomeoBartolomeo · 1973
Bartolomeo
7.01973
MovieComedyDrama
A surreal, anarchic and plotless movie about a man who tries to take up his dead father's business, taking aim against contemporary Greek reality. Banned by the Greek dictatorship.
Ouzeri TsitsanisOuzeri Tsitsanis · 2015
Ouzeri Tsitsanis
5.82015
MovieDramaMusic
During World War II in Greece, under the submission of Germans, one Christian, Giorgos, falls in love with a Jewish, Estrea, something completely forbidden. Can they and their families overcome all the obstacles, along with racial discriminations and hardship? The story mainly takes place in an ouzeria, in which Tsitsanis works, one of the greatest Greek composer, librettist and singer in the 20th century.
The Song Of ReturnThe Song Of Return · 1983
The Song Of Return
7.51983
MovieDrama
Two years after the establishment of the junta of the colonels, a resistance fighter leaves for Sweden. After 14 years of exile, the return to Greece is painful. His girlfriend has been married, while his friends have completely changed.
Παράξενη συνάντησηΠαράξενη συνάντηση · 1986
Παράξενη συνάντηση
1986
MovieDramaCrime

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Who Was My Brother's Killer?Who Was My Brother's Killer? · 2021
Who Was My Brother's Killer?
7.02021
SeriesDrama
The mother's deep love for her exiled son, Giorgis, and her pain and despair over the inexplicable murder of her other son, Christakis, are vividly depicted in Georgios Vizyenou's short story. The return of the exiled son somewhat sweetens her pain, but does not cure her grief. She therefore exhorts Giorgis and her other son, Michael, to search for their brother's murderer and not to leave him unavenged. Of course, she is unaware of who her son's murderer is and searches for him anxiously, at the same time that her Turkish protege, Kiamil, whom she had nursed as her own child, after a dramatic adventure, is also unaware that he is the one who, unwittingly, has killed his benefactor's son. A shocking revelation, which when it comes to light, has tragic consequences...

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