Splash

What business does a boring middle-aged man have in Ibiza? A week full of parties, misunderstandings, squabbles and laughter in a place that would be heaven for most but alas, not for Christian Clavier… — Divorcees Philippe and Carole meet and fall madly in love. In order to win over his partner’s two young children, Philippe is ready to do anything. So, he strikes a deal with her older son: if he does well in his exams, he will be the one to choose the family’s vacation destination. Which, of course, will be none other than Ibiza. For quiet and sensible Philippe, this will only be the beginning for a series of surprises and hilarious mishaps in the island of endless parties.

Under Antiparos’ burning sun, a lonely middle-aged doctor gets together with a group of wild youngsters and spends the most hedonistic summer of his life. But if he gets any closer, they will all burn. Makis Papadimitriou and Elli Tringou in the film of 6 Iris awards of the Hellenic Film Academy. — Kostis is a 42-year-old doctor that finds himself in a tiny island, that is a total bore by winter and a sex crazed cosmopolitan hotspot during summertime. Αll young Anna has to do is burst into Kostis’ clinic with her group of hard partying friends and the good doctor falls hard for her. Kostis will go out of his way to conquer her and impress them, but the more they tease him, the furthest he draws his lines. And too far might be closer than he thought. — Best Actor (Makis Papadimitriou) | Hellenic Film Academy Awards | 2017 Best Supporting Actress (Elli Tringou) | Hellenic Film Academy Awards | 2017 Best Screenplay | Hellenic Film Academy Awards | 2017 Best Director | Hellenic Film Academy Awards | 2017

Rohmer (“My Night at Maud’s”) opens with a line from the French poet Chrétien de Troyes, that whoever talks too much brings trouble on himself, and then shuts people who never stop talking in a Normandy beach house. It won three awards at Berlin in 1983. The unbearable lightness of being sixteen. — Sixteen-year-old Pauline is spending the last week of the summer holidays on the Normandy coast with her older cousin Marion, who is single at the moment and looking for romance. One day Marion and Pauline each set their sights on someone, and soon all the adults are lying about who was with whom. Pauline learns to do the same, and fast. — Best Director | Berlin Film Festival | 1983 FIPRESCI Award | Berlin Film Festival | 1983 OCIC Award - Honorable Mention | Berlin Film Festival | 1983

Short of money, Rohmer shot his first colour film out of sequence, with five lamps and whatever light was already there, and it turned out to be the most erotic of his “Six Moral Tales”. Three people share a villa, with the whole summer stretching out ahead of them. — Adrien arrives at a friend’s seaside villa meaning to spend the entire summer doing nothing whatsoever, only to find two people already staying there. One is Daniel, an old acquaintance, and the other is Haydée, who takes someone new to bed almost every night. The two men make a pact to ignore her, but it doesn’t take Adrien long to work out that he’s next. — Prize of the Jury | Berlin Film Festival | 1967 Youth Film Award | Berlin Film Festival | 1967