From the Edge of the City
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Constantine Giannaris
Stathis Papadopoulos
Kosta Kotsianidis
Panagiotis Chartomatsidis
Dimitris Papodoulidis
Theodora Tzimou
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
17-year-old Sasha and his family have emigrated from the Pontian area of the former Soviet Union to seek their fortune in Greece, only to find themselves despised as "Albanian." With few prospects, he and his fellow immigrant buddies resort to a lifestyle of petty crime, tomfoolery and prostitution. Sasha soon becomes the smoldering center of this gang of Pontian Greek kids who live on the margins of Athens. Sickened of the rent-boy existence, Sasha accepts an older pimp's offer to chaperone a beautiful Russian hooker, but when he inevitably falls in love with her, he must face the potentially dangerous consequences.
Director
Constantine Giannaris
Cast
Stathis Papadopoulos
Kosta Kotsianidis
Panagiotis Chartomatsidis
Dimitris Papodoulidis
Theodora Tzimou
Anestis Polychronidis
Nikos Kamontos
Srelios Tsemboglidis
Giorgos Mavridis
Panagiota Vlachosotiro
Silvia Venizelea
Emilios Chilaks
Vasias Eleftheriadis
Evri Sophroniadou
Giannis Kontraphouris
Tasos Nousis
Eleni Philippa
Kosta Gogos
Argyris Xafis
Giannis Kotsiphas
Paulina Santalova
Katerina Takouli
Simela Chartomatsidi
Savas Iliadis
Giannis Mavridis
Giorgos Pasalidis
Christos Polychronidis
Aristidis Ioannidis
Stavros Karasavvidis
Marina Sidiropoulou
Eleni Papadopoulou
Viktoria Michailidiou
Olga Karagiannidou
Orpheas Prasodas
Savvas Tilikigeridis
Anestis Konstantinidis
Grigoris Mavidis
Anestis Mavidis
Denis Prosada
Andreas Papoulidis
Constantine Giannaris
Tamila Kulieva
Nina Polychronidou
Anstasios Vasiliou
Michalis Gyzis
Aimilios Heilakis
Tasos Nousias
Crew
Sanny Alberti
Giorgos Argyroiliopoulos
Katerina Barbatsalou
C A Boswell
John Breen
Peter Burgis
Spyros Charalamous
Stella Charitopoulou
Akis Daoutis
Antzela Dimitrou
Eleftheria Efthymiou
Constantine Giannaris
C Hall
Spyros Iliadis
Dinos Kittou
Thymios Kolokousis
Vangelis Konsatntinidis
Timos Koronetopoulos
John Martin
John S. Martin
Roula Nicolaou
Charis Papadapoulos
Takis Papadimitrou
Paris Perysinaks
I Phillips
Maria Powell
Manolis Sakadakis
Dionyssis Samiotis
Michalis Samiotis
Priamos Sinopoulos
Notis Sphakianakis
Ioanna Spiliopoulo
Geli Stamatopoulou
Petros Tambouris
F Thompson
Babis Tsilivigos
Grigoris Tsirbas
Chronis Tzimos
Grigoris Tzortos
Anastasios Vasiliou
Michalis Zisiou
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Best Director Award (Constantin Giannaris) at the 1998 Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
Released in United States April 2000
Released in United States December 15, 2000
Released in United States February 1999
Released in United States November 1998
Released in United States October 1999
Released in United States on Video September 11, 2001
Released in United States September 1999
Released in United States Spring April 21, 2000
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival February 10-21, 1999.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival October 6-21, 1999.
Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival (in competition) in Greece November 13-22, 1998.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 9-18, 1999.
Released in United States February 1999 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival February 10-21, 1999.)
Released in United States April 2000 (Shown in New York City (Anthology Film Archives) as part of program "Thessaloniki USA" April 14-21, 2000.)
Released in United States Spring April 21, 2000
Released in United States September 1999 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 9-18, 1999.)
Released in United States on Video September 11, 2001
Released in United States October 1999 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival October 6-21, 1999.)
Released in United States November 1998 (Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival (in competition) in Greece November 13-22, 1998.)
Released in United States December 15, 2000 (Nuart; Los Angeles)
