Love Affairs and Heartbreaks(1967)

movie - first aired/released 1967-01-01 - 90 min - audience 8.0

Romance, Music

Directed by Georgios Filis

This first film of Cyprus' first director, Giorgios Filis, depicts music and dance customs in the form and style of a folk opera, with traditional Cypriot dances and songs. The film consists of a folkloric inventory based on the folk culture of Cyprus, as well as on similar ritual happenings. The narration and dialogue are entirely in the Cypriot dialect and are characterized by a rhetorical and poetic mood.