Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness (2020)
Through thirteen images and an equal number of stories, little Melina-Amalia, the teenager, the woman, the fighter, Blanche, Stella, Ilya, Phaedra, Medea, Clytemnestra, Minister of Culture, the stoic Melina in Memorial Hospital, all aspects of the "last Greek goddess". Shot on the stage of the National Theater Rex - Marika Kotopouli, it captures, balancing between theater and cinema, important historical events that make the myth that surrounds the glamorous protagonist even more powerful and charming.
Director: Manos Karatzogiannis
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Melina Mercouri as Self (archive footage) |
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Lena Papaligoura as |
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Youlika Skafida as |
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Ioanna Kolliopoulou as |
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Lena Drosaki as |
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Maria Kitsou as |
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Marina Aslanoglou as |
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Ioanna Pappa as |
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Alexandra Aidini as |
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Anthi Efstratiadou as |
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Stefania Goulioti as |
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Elena Mavridou as |
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Evi Saoulidou as |
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Loukia Michalopoulou as |
| Directing | Manos Karatzogiannis | Director |
| Sound | Antonis Papakonstantinou | Sound Designer |
| Art | Eva Nathena | Art Direction |
| Sound | Alexios Koukias-Pantelis | Sound |
| Production | Katerina Giannakopoulou | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eva Nathena | Costume Design |
| Crew | Dimitra Troussa | Video Assist Operator |
| Directing | Panos Ydraios | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Angelos Papadopoulos | Color Grading |
| Camera | Angelos Papadopoulos | Director of Photography |