Pandora (G. Staboulopoulos, dir. , 2006)

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Netflix DVD jacket blurb: �Set in 1950s Greece against the aftermath of a civil war, this epic tale centers on the inhabitants of a small village and a mysterious woman named Pandora (Theodora Tzimou) who changes their lives forever. As the people of the village work to rebuildt their lives, the spellbinding Pandora�s schemes to seduce two local men take a costly toll on the entire community. Giannos Perlegas and Yannis Stankoglou co-star [as Kostis and Manos].

 

Kostis falls for the wiley Pandora while Manos is in prison (chained up ala Prometheus).

Pandora is an American who speaks perfect Greek. She is setting up shop at Zindros, a hotel. It verges upon being a brothel for American soldiers at the base nearby at Langada. It is a front for trafficking pilfered goods, smuggling.

The brothers� aunt is named Elpida.

 

In her acute attempt to seduce Manos, she says �You have no idea what I�m capable of. I am capable of everything, anything.�

 

The final scene is set at a local cultural festival. Electricity comes on in the village to reveal the fullness of the plot.

 

It�s a story told in a frame, which is the grown-up Vassilis talking to a man who wishes to buy the abandoned house from him.

 

IMDB offers links to two reviews, both in Greek. Only one works. It evaluates the film at 2 stars (of 5).

 

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