Cornerstone

Cornerstone

  • Alexis Damianos
  • 1966
  • 1h 29m
  • Drama

Alongside "A Neighborhood Named The Dream", one of the most successful transpositions of Italian neorealism into Greek cinema, a film that lays bare the suffocating nature of Greek society in that era.

Synopsis

A man decides to come down from the mountains to the port of Piraeus, hoping to emigrate to Australia. Things, however, do not unfold as he had calculated.

Cornerstone
Details
Director
Alexis Damianos
Cast
Hristos Tsagas
,
Alexis Damianos
,
Eleni Bourbouhaki
,
Venia Palliri
,
Christina Damianou
Language
Greek
Also known as
Mehri to Ploio | Μέχρι το Πλοίο
Festival screenings
Thessaloniki IFF
Country
Greece
Age rating
15+

Honorary Award

Thessaloniki Film Festival

1966

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Η Ελλάδα πριν χαθεί στο καράβι

Η ωμή ποίηση του Αλέξη Δαμιανού συναντά μια υποβλητική, όμορφη μουσική που αγκαλιάζει τα τοπία και τις σιωπές. Μια πορεία μέσα στη σιωπή και τον πόθο. Μια ταινία που σε ακολουθεί για καιρό.
artrockheaven

28 Mar 2026