maria KAVOGIANNI

The beloved Greek actress Maria Kavogianni talks to us about her favorite films on Cinobo: Why does she recommend them? Which of the roles she talks about would she have wanted to play? And what’s the most difficult part of being an actor?

Based on a true story, this powerful drama of abortions and prostitution during World War II, is one of Isabelle Huppert’s finest collaborations with the great Claude Chabrol, and gave the actress a completely fair award in the 1988 International Venice Film Festival. — In German-occupied France during World War II, struggling to make ends meet when her husband returns home after being wounded in the war, a poor woman tries to earn money and support her family by performing illegal abortions. — Golden Ciak Award for Best Film | Venice Film Festival | 1988 Best Actress (Isabelle Huppert) | Venice Film Festival | 1988

Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival of 2018 and an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film for Lebanese Nadine Labaki's neorealist drama that will not leave anyone unmoved. — While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy decides to make his own revolution against poverty and family hardships, in the suffocating and dead-end reality of modern Lebanon. — Jury Prize | Cannes Film Festival | 2018 Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Cannes Film Festival | 2018 Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film | Oscars | 2019 Nominated for Best Motion Picture in a Foreign Language | Golden Globes | 2019 Audience Award | Sarajevo Film Festival | 2018 Audience Award | Rotterdam International Film Festival | 2011

Woody Allen's late-period masterpiece, a story straight from the pages of Fyodor Dostoevsky, a fascinating study in crime, punishment and the amoral indifference of the universe we live in. — A social climber and ambitious tennis teacher marries the sister of a London aristocrat while maintaining an illicit affair with the latter's fiancee. When his mistress gets pregnant, the decisions he will make will be disastrous. — Nomination for Best Original Screenplay | Oscars | 2006 Nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Scarlet Johansson) | Golden Globes | 2006 Nomination for Best Director | Golden Globes | 2006 Best European Film | Goya Awards | 2006

The Israeli director Michal Vinik surprises the festival world with a well-crafted chamber drama, which with escalating tension and with the help of an excellent script reveals how far gender equality still is. Silver Alexander Meet the Neighbors award at the 63rd Thessaloniki Film Festival. — Valeria, a young Ukrainian, arrives in Israel to meet her future husband. Their wedding has been arranged online - just like the wedding of the girl's older sister, who has already been married in Israel for years. But nothing will run smoothly after this arrival. — Official Selection - Orizzonti | Venice Film Festival | 2022 Silver Alexander - Meet the Neighbours | Thessaloniki Film Festival |2022

Andrzej Zulawski's great and stormy film, an unforgettable memory from the European cinema of the 70s that gave Romy Schneider the opportunity to face a very demanding role, delivering a sensational performance. — A photographer meets Nadine, a second-rate actress who stars in cheap soft porn movies. Wanting to help her, he borrows a substantial sum from a loan shark to finance the play "Richard III" in which he will finally give Nadine a role worthy of her talent. The latter is in a dilemma between the photographer she loves very much and her husband who has helped her in the past. — Best Actress (Romy Schneider) | César Awards | 1976