ATHENS SUMMER NIGHT DREAM
love, dreams and other comlications
a modern version of the Shakespeare's play
1999, 75', color, film, (Oniro Kalokairinis Nyxtas, o.t.)
a modern version of the Shakespeare's play
1999, 75', color, film, (Oniro Kalokairinis Nyxtas, o.t.)
awards
Best Greek Film, Independent Filmakers Thessaloniki Film Festival
Ministry of Culture Distinction
synopsis
An actor decides to put together a theater company, in order to realize his dream:
He wants to play Oberon in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A producer
is found, an audition takes place, the actors are selected, the rehearsals begin.
Soon, stage and reality start to merge for the young actors. The only one, who is still
living in a dream, is the director and protagonist of the play. He will be the last to wake up.
credits
Director / Writer / Producer: Dimitri Athanitis
Production: DNA Films
Supported by: Greek Film Center
Distribution, Greece: New Star
Cinematography: Panos Theofanopoulos
Art direction: Dimitri Athanitis
Costumes: Elli Papakonstantinou
Editing: Costas Raftopoulos
Sound: Giorgos Bilikas
cast
Kostas Kazanas (Dimitrios)
Lena Kitsopoulou (Helena)
Dimitris Alexandris (Lysander)
Katerina Lipiridou (Hermia)
Christos Solomos (Oberon, director)
Marianna Kalbari (Titania, director's wife)
Nick Katis (Francis Flute)
Yiannis Stefopoulos (Bottom)
Constantina Takalou (Puk)
Stavros Mavridis (Snug)
Roula Tzimou (Helena’s lover)
Thodoris Grampsas (producer)
Nestor Kopsidas (producer’s assistant)
Evi Tzortzi (actress)
Larissa Vergou (actress)
Maria Lekaki (actress)
Dimitri Athanitis (wife's lover in a dream)