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La fille en noir

Original title: To koritsi me ta mavra
  • 1956
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  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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Dimitris Horn and Ellie Lambeti in La fille en noir (1956)
DramaRomance

Against the backdrop of a cloudless summer, love's unforeseen complications will entwine an Athenian writer, a morosely beautiful daughter, and a scorned local suitor. And then, calamity str... Read allAgainst the backdrop of a cloudless summer, love's unforeseen complications will entwine an Athenian writer, a morosely beautiful daughter, and a scorned local suitor. And then, calamity strikes. Can love redeem the sad girl in black?Against the backdrop of a cloudless summer, love's unforeseen complications will entwine an Athenian writer, a morosely beautiful daughter, and a scorned local suitor. And then, calamity strikes. Can love redeem the sad girl in black?

  • Director
    • Michael Cacoyannis
  • Writer
    • Michael Cacoyannis
  • Stars
    • Ellie Lambeti
    • Dimitris Horn
    • Eleni Zafeiriou
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    1.2K
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    • Director
      • Michael Cacoyannis
    • Writer
      • Michael Cacoyannis
    • Stars
      • Ellie Lambeti
      • Dimitris Horn
      • Eleni Zafeiriou
    • 8User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Ellie Lambeti
    Ellie Lambeti
    • Marina
    Dimitris Horn
    Dimitris Horn
    • Pavlos
    Eleni Zafeiriou
    Eleni Zafeiriou
    • Froso
    Stefanos Stratigos
    Stefanos Stratigos
    • Panagos
    Notis Peryalis
    Notis Peryalis
    • Antonis
    Nikos Fermas
    Nikos Fermas
    • Aristeidis
    Anestis Vlahos
    Anestis Vlahos
    • Mitsos
    Maria Thalassinou
    Giorgos Foundas
    Giorgos Foundas
    • Hristos
    Gerasimos Miliaresis
    Gerasimos Miliaresis
    • Guitar Player
    Thanasis Vengos
    Thanasis Vengos
    • Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Michael Cacoyannis
    • Writer
      • Michael Cacoyannis
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    9petroxar

    A must see film

    A film not so well known to the greek audience for reasons i cant explain.
    10MOscarbradley

    A modern Greek tragedy

    Ellie Lambetti's performance in "A Girl in Black" is one of the greatest performances by an actress in all of cinema and yet hardly anyone has seen it. Michael Cacoyannis made this film for virtually nothing on the Greek island of Hydra after achieving international success with "Stella". It's a beautiful looking film, (the great Walter Lassally was the photographer), and the simple island setting suited the simplicity of the style perfectly. Early in the film one of the character says that everything is exposed by the light, even men's sins and that is the theme of the film.

    When two strangers arrive on the island their presence arouses passions among the locals that were always there but kept simmering just below the surface. Eleni Zafiriou is the widow who bestows her favours a little too freely, (the islanders are a very unforgiving lot), Lambetti is the daughter tainted by her sins, Anestis Vlachos is the son who is shamed by her, the better-known Greek actor Georges Foundas, (he was in "Never on Sunday"), is the fisherman who wants Lambetti and Dimitri Horn, the man from Athens, who gets her. It's a contemporary Greek tragedy on a small, but no less terrible, scale and it's heartbreaking. In America the film won the Golden Globe but it is seldom revived. See it at all costs.
    8Sylviastel

    Excellent Greek Drama & Tragedy!

    I'm not fluent in Greek and I have never been there but I personally desire to go to the Greek islands just like the men from Athens do for a vacation. They rent a house with a woman in mourning and negative reputation among the locals. He falls in love with her of course and he wants to marry her and take her away to Athens but of course, there is a doomed tragedy that affects everybody on the island. I won't give away much more than that. This movie has great acting from it's major characters and the locals as well. The beautiful woman does an excellent job in her role. The scenery reminds me of Venice. It's first rate filmed on location in the Greek islands in the post World War II world. It's a good film! I only wished that I knew Greek.
    10hellas517

    Do not miss seeing this film Highly recommended.

    This film is one of the best of The Greek Cinema People don't realize that this is one of the best films to come of Greece. The other is Stellla. I have seen this and other films of Cacayiannis and they the critics should give him the credit he really deserves.

    This is a great film a must for Greeks and for people who enjoy good works from a master filmmaker. Again I urge people who love good storytelling to see this film as i have watched it many times and never get sick of seeing it It won reviews and awards at the Cannes film festivals and it won the Golden Globe award here in the United States. It should have won more awards. It deserves the best as it is a compelling story. I urge all to see this film as it does have English subtitles.In summary i would say do not miss seeing this film I love it.
    8Mr. Moviegame

    Does she dare love, after so much sadness?

    Two well-to-do Athenians journey by ship to a small village. Pavlos (Dimitris Horn) is a writer, and Antoni (Notis Peryalis) is an architect and older friend. A native convinces the two to stay at the residence of a widow (Eleni Zafirou), rather than book a room at the hotel. The first woman they meet on the island is the widow's daughter, Marina (Ellie Lambeti), who wears a black dress throughout the film, as though in mourning. As Pavlos learns the history of her family, he starts to care emotionally for this sad-eyed woman.

    Her mother was widowed years ago. Her looks fading, she (the widow) still longs for men, and has become an object of ridicule on this small island. Her son Mitso (Anestis Vlahos) is strong-headed in defense of his mother's virtue, but he lacks the physical strength to face down her detractors. In addition to her mother's woes, daughter Marina is tormented by her own memories. Marina's sister was not attractive, and, unfortunately, loved an egotistical braggard, Christos (George Foundas). He attempted to use the homely sister to get to the attractive one. His unwanted attentions toward Marina, and his unkind remarks about the sister led to the tragic suicide by drowning (of the sister).

    The arrival of Pavlos intensifies Christos' desire/jealousy, and he attempts to play a practical joke on Pavlos. An unintended consequence of this prank is a horrible event, something so jarring that no one (including the audience) could have foreseen or imagined such an outcome.

    This early film by Cacoyannis is photographed in b&w, with a very sharply focused foreground/background. Absolutely authentic in its setting, the movie is a landmark in Greek cinema. Ellie Lambeti (Marina) is natural looking, lovely in sad, unspoken ways, and very empathetic. Pavlos, so much more worldly, allows himself to be deeply touched by this simple, yet emotionally complex woman.

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    • Trivia
      In Australia "A GIRL IN BLACK" (To koritsi me ta mavra) was named as one of "THE ten films of 1958" by "The Australian Women's Weekly" published on Wednesday 31st December 1958 on Page 52.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Mousiki vradya: Tragoudia apo ton Elliniko kinimatografo (1976)
    • Soundtracks
      Karavi karavaki
      Written by Giorgos Fotidas & Giorgos Rovertakis

      Performed by Giannis Kyriazis

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    • Release date
      • December 12, 1956 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Greece
    • Language
      • Greek
    • Also known as
      • A Girl in Black
    • Filming locations
      • Hydra, Greece
    • Production company
      • Hermes Film
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    • Runtime
      • 1 hour, 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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