Acting
Argyris Xafis
Born November 6, 1976 · Peristeri, Athens Prefecture, Greece (age 49)
Argyris Xafis (1976) is a Greek actor and director. He was born and raised in Peristeri in 1976. He studied at the Higher School of Dramatic Art of the National Theatre. He has participated in many theater performances, mainly of the National Theater and the Theater of the South, as well as in films. In 2001 he was honored with the Horn Award for his role in the play "The Turn of the Screw". He h…
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Music · 2023Music
★ 5.52023
MovieDrama
Abandoned at birth in the Greek mountains on a stormy night, Jon is taken in and adopted, without having known his father or mother. As a young man, he meets Iro, a warden in the prison where he is incarcerated after a deadly tragic accident. She seems to seek out his presence, takes care of him, records music for him. Jon’s eyesight begins to fail... From then on, for every loss he suffers, he will gain something in return. Thus, in spite of going blind, he will live his life more fully than ever.
Welcome to 'All Saints · 2011Welcome to 'All Saints
★ 6.22011
MovieComedy
The trainee Orthopedic Doctor George Spyrou began his career in the fictional General Orthopedic Hospital "All Saints', somewhere on the outskirts of Athens. There you will discover that the hospital population, by physicians, administrators and nurses, to patients, they are all forced to confront dancing a grotesque dance routine. With humor and humanity within a social landscape so angry George Spyratos trying to balance between the warring parties these microcosms. The gradual evolution from inexperienced trainee to experienced editor will be done through the encounter with the absurd environment. Something that would transform from naive young man who initially stands speechless in front of modern Greek chaos, a mature man who will ultimately make a thoughtful account of choice, but persevere, continue to work on public health.
From the Edge of the City · 1998From the Edge of the City
★ 5.81998
MovieDrama
Minority-group Greeks from an outer suburb of Athens struggle with their life on society's fringe and exploitation of one another.
The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea · 2019The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea
★ 5.22019
MovieCrimeDrama
Elizabeth, a sexually yielding policewoman, is miserable in the narrow-minded town in which she's living. While Rita, a lonely eel-hatchery worker, is trying to escape from the sticky situations of her life.
The Attack of the Giant Mousaka · 1999The Attack of the Giant Mousaka
★ 3.31999
MovieScience FictionComedy
Around the year 2000, a terrible occurence shocks the city of Athens: a huge piece of moussaka appears on the city streets, spreading panic and death. Everyone keeps wondering: why, where, how, for what reason? But no one can give an answer...
J.A.C.E. · 2012J.A.C.E.
★ 5.72012
MovieDrama
Twice-orphaned Jace, a seven-year-old Albanian of Greek origin, witnesses a massacre that wipes out his entire foster family in Argyrokastron, and then falls in the hands of a bunch of ruthless gangsters who "export" children abroad for various profitable reasons (ranging from beggary to organ trade). Jace ends up in Athens, Greece, begging at street corners, exploring the secret horrors of brutal institutions for young offenders or, much later, serving obscure patrons, in an underworld where violent loss seems to be his only destiny. The movie follows Jace's inverted Odyssey in a dark universe of abuse, murder and fear, as he desperately (and silently) seeks for a "family" of his own or, at least, for a sense of belonging
One Day in August · 2002One Day in August
★ 5.72002
MovieDrama
Middle August in Athens. Three families, living in a three storey building, leave for their summer vacations. Everyone is wishing for a miracle to happen this summer. In the meantime, a drifter breaks into their apartments and rummages their personal belongings, thus unfolding hidden secrets.
The City and the City · 2022The City and the City
★ 3.02022
MovieDramaDocumentary
Six chapters describe the lives and perils of Thessaloniki’s Jewish community which was almost entirely exterminated by the Nazis in 1943. Past and present become an echo chamber in which the viewer experiences, aghast, the madness of humanity.
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