To proxeneio tis Annas (1972)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Pantelis Voulgaris

Writers:

Menis Koumantareas (writer)
Pantelis Voulgaris (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Anna is a servant of an old lady for ten years. The old lady chooses a man for Anna. |

Plot Keywords:

Autobiographical | Voyeurism | Controversy | Family Gathering | Racism

Awards:

8 wins

Cast

Anna Vagena	...	Anna Vlasopoulou
Smaro Veaki	...	Anna's Mistress
Kostas Rigopoulos	...	Thodoros Manolopoulos
Stavros Kalaroglou	...	Kosmas Raptis
Aliki Zografou
Maria Martika
Alekos Oudinotis
Irene Emirza
Mika Flora
Nikos Garofallou
Loula Hristara	...	Leni
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carlos the Clown
Nassos Katakouzinos
Athina Lambropoulou
Giorgos Mortou
Giorgos Saitis
Antonis Spanos
Thaleia Spanou
Kostas Ziogas

Also Known As:

The Engagement of Anna (USA) (festival title)
The Matchmaking of Anna

Runtime:

USA:87 min | Greece:82 min

Country:

Greece

Language:

Greek

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Athens in the early 70s

SPOILERS, ONE OF WHICH CAN BE LISTED AS MAJOR(Though most of what is written is what can be found in most reviews about the movie):"To proxenio tis Annas" is the first great film of the director Pantelis Voulgaris. Anna, a young woman comes to a Greek house in Athens to work as a servant. The family loves her and they try to find her a man in order to get married. When the man is finally found, they change their mind and this is when relations start to break up. Voulgaris depicts in a great way the way Athenians used to live, people gathering on Sundays and/or Holidays at big momma's house, playing backgammon, little ambitious girls wanting to become models, the ethical way of family, Anna has to find a man and make a good, descent, Christian family etc. Voulgaris as he had once said was inspired by an incident that has happened in his family when he was young. There is also a kind of political implication, Anna's father was executed at Kalavryta by the Germans. But most of it, the film shows how 2 families are attached to and depend on a girl, the victim in the whole case, and how difficult it is finally for her to make her life the way she wants it to be when she finally compromises with it. Anna Vagena and the rest of the cast (along with a must-seen Costas Rigopoulos) are great !