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Short break (1966)

Original title: Σύντομο διάλειμμα

1966-09-26 · EL
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Yannis meets and falls in love with the leading actress of a play, Emma. She convinces him to propose one of his plays to the theater director. The director agrees to stage it, but in a more commercial version. Yannis feels guilty because he has allowed his play to be compromised and ruined. Soon, his relationship with the actress will be shaken by the weight of their character differences. He will eventually leave Emma, shortly before the play's premiere.

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Dinos KatsouridisDirector, WriterMihalis GrigoriouWriter

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Voula ZouboulakiVoula ZouboulakiEmma KaraliAlekos AlexandrakisAlekos AlexandrakisGiannis PapadopoulosAlexis DamianosAlexis DamianosAngelos AntonopoulosAngelos AntonopoulosSoula AthanasiadouSoula AthanasiadouGiorgos DanisGiorgos DanisDespo DiamantidouDespo DiamantidouLavrentis DianellosLavrentis DianellosStathis HatzipavlisStathis HatzipavlisDinos KarydisDinos KarydisSasa KastouraSasa KastouraKaiti LambropoulouKaiti Lambropoulou

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Genre affinityDrama · RomanceMood preferenceRomanceDialogue densityDramaEmotional intensityRomanceDirector preference473085Actor preference616787 · 473144 · 483030

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Yannis meets and falls in love with the leading actress of a play, Emma. She convinces him to propose one of his plays to the theater director. The director agrees to stage it, but in a more commercial version. Yannis feels guilty because he has allowed his play to be compromised and ruined. Soon, his relationship with the actress will be shaken by the weight of their character differences. He will eventually leave Emma, shortly before the play's premiere.