Crying Silicon Tears
7.4 /10 1 Votes
Duration | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Musical Budget 1.32 million EUR Language Greek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Thanasis PapathanasiouMichalis Reppas Release date Greece: 26 October 2001Australia: May 1, 2003 Writer Thanasis Papathanasiou, Michalis Reppas Directors Michalis Reppas, Thanasis Papathanasiou Cast Michalis Repas (Giakoumis Bardakas), Tasos Halkias (Stefanos Baras), Mirka Papakonstantinou (Tzela Delafranga), Anna Panagiotopoulou (Lavrentia Bisbiki), Mina Adamaki (Bilio)Similar movies Birdman , Aladdin , Pitch Perfect 2 , Frozen , Hercules , Beauty and the Beast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Crying...Silicon Tears (Orig. To Klama vgike apo ton paradeiso) is a 2001 Greek language film, directed by Thanasis Papathanasiou and Michalis Reppas.
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This is the story of two Greek families, named Delafrangas and Bisbikides. The former family is very wealthy & lucky, the latter very poor and continually struck by fate. Poor but honest Martha is in love with Giakoumis, a young builder and bouzouki organist, but all her dreams fall apart when posh Tzela "steals" the love of her beloved one... A couple of flash backs, following their families roots back to WW2 and the Turkish domination, and a hidden secret will unfold the story's ending..
Plot
The movie is divided into three clear timelines, the 1960s, the World War II period and the bucolic period (in order from newest to oldest). In the 1960s, the rich Della Franca family start a fight with the poor Bisbikis family over a man that romances with women from both families. The Della Francas manage to put the mother of the Bisbikis, Lavrentia, out of business, which triggers the World War II flashback, where Lavrentia worked with the Greek Resistance. In that period, another event triggers the bucolic period in the form of Lavrentia talking about her ancestors, a man and a woman that lived in a small village in the countryside. No clear main plot existent in any period, the film mainly revolves around Lavrentias history and the tragic events that stained her life. In the end of the film, it is revealed that the Bisbikis are actually blood-related to the Della Francas and they all live happily ever after.
Although the film features mostly tragic events, they are presented in a way that parodies older movies of the Greek cinema, rendering them hilarious. It is both a tribute and a satire of old Greek dramas, war movies and bucolic-style films.
Cast
Similar Movies
Renia Louizidou and Anna Panayiotopoulou appear in Crying Silicon Tears and Safe Sex. Charitons Choir (2005). Ta kitrina gantia (1960). Ghost of a Chance (2001). Who is Thanassis (1969).
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References
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