Ρόζα της Σμύρνης | Roza of Smyrna (2016) by Giorgos Kordellas

On Tuesday 26 February at 19:00 and on Wednesday 27 February at 21:00 the film Roza of Smyrna Sunday (Greece, 2016, 95 min, colour, English subtitles) by Giorgos Kordellas will be screened in cinema Utopia. The film is not suitable for children under 16 years.

Synopsis

Izmir 1922: Young Roza, the child of a wealthy family, is preparing to get married.
Athens 1987: Roza lives with her granddaughter Mariana and along with powerful Ismael, carries a well-kept secret that she does not will to share with anyone.
But the passion of a collector, Dimitris a young architect, leads him to the coast of Asia Minor and more specifically to the footsteps of enigmatic Roza. An old photo and a wedding dress is enough to retract an old love story and a new to be born.
The smell of the antique shops, the charm of the trips, the challenge of the mystery, the power of love in past and present, create the atmosphere and the itinerary of the heroes in Athens, Izmir and Istanbul to discover that people’s short stories are the ones that seal the great History.

Cast

Tasos Nousias, Evgenia Dimitropoulou, Leda Protopsalti, Yılmaz Gruda, Yulika Skafida, Petros Lagoutis, Cem Aksakal, Haris Emmanouil, Kostas Kazanas, Aysan Sümercan, Giannis Thomas, Penny Agorastou.

Trailer

https://vimeo.com/211444789

What did the press say

http://www.ekathimerini.com/212214/article/ekathimerini/life/roza-of-smyrna-a-greco-turkish-romeo-and-juliet

http://greekfilmfestival.com.au/program/408/roza-of-smyrna

https://www.facebook.com/rozathssmyrnis

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