Madalena | |
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Directed by | Dinos Dimopoulos |
Written by | Giorgos Roussos |
Produced by | Theophanis A. Damaskinos Victor G. Michaelides |
Starring | Aliki Vougiouklaki |
Cinematography | Walter Lassally |
Edited by | Yanna Spyropoulou Giorgos Tsaoulis |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | Greece |
Language | Greek |
Madalena (Greek: Μανταλένα) is a 1960 Greek comedy film directed by Dinos Dimopoulos. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film won three awards in the 1st Thessaloniki Film Festival.
A girl lives on a small Greek island in the Aegean sea. She and her family live off the job of her father who has a little boat that ferries passengers to a neighboring island. When her father dies, she has to become the head of her family and take care of her brothers and sisters. As a working woman, she faces discrimination from the island's community. Despite many difficulties she doesn't give up. Frustrated, she decides to marry a rich farmer from the island. But the love of her main competitor overturns the situation.[2]
Award | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
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1st Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Giorgos Roussos | Won |
Best Leading Actress | Aliki Vougiouklaki | Won | |
Best Supporting Actor | Pantelis Zervos | Won |