Product Details

• Actors: Eleni Prokopiou, Takis Emmanuel, Kleopatra Rota, Vangelis Ioannidis, Zannino
• Directors: Nikos Koundouros
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: Greek
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Cinema Epoch
• DVD Release Date: May 8, 2007
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000NDFI7O
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #57,890 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description
This rarely seen classic is available for the first time on DVD! The Greek myth of Daphnis and Chloe is told through the tale of the sexual awakening of two adolescents in a Greek tribe.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

48 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars an enigmatic, disturbing film, June 17, 2007

By	bookloversfriend (United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This film is a mixture of realism and myth. There are hints of Daphnis and Chloe, but this is not their story at all.

A naive and good young boy (played by a blonde boy of about eleven) travels with a group of sheepherders. At one of their stops, he wanders off and finds a mysterious young girl of about 13 or 14. He falls in love with her, but she plays hard to get and sets tasks for him to do in order to win her. At one point, she teases him wearing a loose garment off one shoulder. There are several shots in which her young breasts are visible, but the twilight is dim. At the end (spoiler coming), an older boy of his group sees the girl, throws her to the ground and rapes her. She screams and resists at first, then throws herself into it. The boy is totally disallusioned, and we see him walking off into the sea dragging the albatross that has been a bond between him and the girl throughout the movie.

That's really it. You make of it what you will, but few people will be able to watch this movie and not have strong mixed feelings of one kind or another.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging !, May 13, 2008

By	John Costanza "BuchKonig" (PHX, AZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Overall, a very well made movie. But the most fascinating aspect of this film--- which I believe indeviduals who give this film a bad review forget--- is that the film is based on an ancient Greek myth, and interpreted by modern Greeks. That is why I have given this film 5 stars; because from the music to the actors, the whole production is authentically Greek. And after all, that is the point of viewing foreign films! The erotic aspect... well, any boy who has gone through puberty should be able to understand the almost hapless.. I mean helpless state of the boy in the film. Truly the story of us all.

4.0 out of 5 stars Young Aphrodites, May 20, 2009

By	Steven Janasik (Park Falls, WI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Though this movie is lacking in action & adventure at times, it's still well worth one's time to watch & young Takis Emmanquel does an excellent job with a limited script. This is a good movie overall.