Young Aphrodites
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Nikos Koundouros
Takis Emmanouel
Eleni Prokopiou
Vangelis Joannides
Cleopatra Rota
Anestis Vlachos
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A band of Greek shepherds come down from the mountains in search of new pastures, but they lose their way and wander without water across desert valleys. Then Skymnos, a 10-year-old boy, discovers a small village near the sea. All the men of the village are away fishing, and the women hide in fear of the strangers wrapped in sheep hides. Little Skymnos, who has never seen the sea before, is fascinated by this new world. Even more, he is enchanted by 12-year-old Chloë, whom he devotedly follows about the village. One morning a sudden rainstorm drives the youngsters into a cave where they find a village woman, Arta, making passionate love to Tsakalos, one of the shepherds. Disturbed and confused by what they have seen, the children run away. When the rains increase, the shepherds decide to move south, and they pull the protesting Skymnos along with them; but he eventually breaks free and runs back to his beloved Chloë. He finds her on the beach, passively giving herself to a mute shepherd boy. Wild with anger, Skymnos clutches a dead bird belonging to Chloë and drags it into the surf. He stands silently in the water until a giant wave carries him to his death.
Director
Nikos Koundouros
Cast
Takis Emmanouel
Eleni Prokopiou
Vangelis Joannides
Cleopatra Rota
Anestis Vlachos
Yannis Jeannino
Kostas Papakonstantinou
Crew
Takis Georgeopoulos
Savas Kalogeras
T. Kontos
Nikos Koundouros
Yannis Markopoulos
Tasis Palatsiolis
Protelco Films
Kostas Sphikas
George Tsaoulis
Giovanni Variano
Vassilis Vassilikos
George Zervos
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
Filmed on the island of Rhodes and on the coast of Attica in 1962. Released in Greece as Mikres Aphrodites; running time: 98 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Best Director Prize at the 1963 Berlin Film Festival.
Released in United States 1962
Released in United States 1963
Shown at the 1963 Berlin Film Festival
Story took some influence from the Ancient Greek Myths of Theocritus.
Released in United States 1962
Released in United States 1963 (Shown at the 1963 Berlin Film Festival)
