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Agoria stin porneia (1985) Online
Original Title :
Agoria stin porneia
Genre :
Movie / Drama
Year :
1985
Directror :
Omiros Efstratiadis
Cast :
Michalis Maniatis,Anna Matzourani,Pavlos Evagelopoulos
Writer :
Vagelis Katsanis,Kostas Tsarouhas
Type :
Movie
Time :
1h 26min
Rating :
4.9/10
Agoria stin porneia (1985) Online

At a small village, somewhere in Greece, a 10-year old boy gets raped by a powerful man. The boy's mother (who suffers from cancer) tries to prove who is the guilty one. In the meanwhile, the movie goes on showing how teenagers become male prostitutes. It depicts Athens in a very decadent way. A reporter (Michalis Maniatis) starts working on an article about this case and gets beaten by a bunch of gay bikers! Teenage boys get laid with wealthy middle-aged men who pay well for these "services". One of these boys strangles his wealthy client and he is immediately arrested.
Credited cast:
Michalis Maniatis Michalis Maniatis - Mihalis Vasileiou
Anna Matzourani Anna Matzourani - Sofia
Pavlos Evagelopoulos Pavlos Evagelopoulos - Pavlos
Franco Alfonso Franco Alfonso - Panos
Vasilis Tsaglos Vasilis Tsaglos
Athinodoros Prousalis Athinodoros Prousalis - Village President
Dinos Samartzis Dinos Samartzis - Child Molester (as Dionysis Samartzis)
Mary Nanou Mary Nanou
Kostas Bozonis Kostas Bozonis
Ilias Konstadinou Ilias Konstadinou
Zoras Tsapelis Zoras Tsapelis - Petros Zegelis
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Giannis Anastasopoulos Giannis Anastasopoulos
Costas Bakalis Costas Bakalis
Hristina Bakouli Hristina Bakouli
Kostas Dagas Kostas Dagas


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Ustamya

Ustamya

"Agoria stin porneia", a 1985 release by Omiros Efstratiadfis, one of the most prolific directors of trashy films, at a time that those films were at their peak, intended to shock audiences by showing the expansion of gay community at the era, male prostitution, the decline of young people and their tendency to juvenile delinquency. I didn't expect much, since Efstratiadis was devoted then making cheap comedies, and I thought this was an attempt to cash in on the success of "Angelos". Angelos was a gay film, too, but it was concentrated on the two main characters, while here social issues are examined (homophobia, conservatism etc) which can reach to political extend (the conservatives against the "Reds"). Michalis Maniatis is in a different role from Angelos, he is a liberal journalist who will face his homosexuality after meeting young Pavlos. The melodrama is over the top sometimes, and director uses a lot of cruel scenes to make his film grittier and violent. The ending is very memorable, too. Overall, I think it's a flawed but certainly thrilling drama.