Angel

Angel

1982 · 126 min · ★ 5.6 · Drama

Twenty-year-old homosexual Angelos, who works in a jewelry shop, lives very discreetly in a rather hostile social environment. When he falls in love with a sailor, Michalis, he decides to leave home, abandoning his alcoholic father, his hysterical mother and his disabled sister, to live with his lover.

Directed by Giorgos Katakouzinos · Written by Giorgos Katakouzinos

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