The Flower of the Lake

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The Flower of the Lake (1999)

Directed by Stamatis Tsarouchas

Drama · 1h 30m

1900, Kastoria, Western Macedonia. Greeks, Turks, Jews, and other nationalities live together under the Ottoman Empire, amid the despair, instability, and confusion brought about by the Greco-Turkish War of 1897. Under these circumstances, a family of fishermen on Lake Kastoria, a fisherman, his wife, his grandfather, and their five children try to make a living. The daughter works in the fur trade, the younger son attends Greek school, while the older son, Christos, helps his father with the fishing. The flower that emerges from the lake is personified in the film's main character, Christos. Every morning, when the sky and the water in the lake become one with the mist, Christos casts his nets... This apparent tranquility in Christos' life is disrupted by his encounter with a wounded rebel, abandoned by his comrades.

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Cast

Lakis Komninos Apostolis Dimitsas Vangelis Mourikis Geurilla Katerina Moutsatsou Eleni Giannis Kasdaglis Grandfather Evri Sophroniadou Marigi Mihalis Giannatos Hasan Giorgos Souxes Joseph
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Akis Mahairas Hristos Dsmitsas Vasilis Kamitsis Nikolas Evdokia Statiri
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Yannis Ioannou
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Katerina Ioannou

Crew

Director
Stamatis Tsarouchas
Writer
Stamatis Tsarouchas, Sofia Klimi-Papagiotopoulou
Director of Photography
Kostas Gikas
Original Music Composer
Hristos Tsiamoulis
Editor
Takis Koumoundouros
Producer
Stamatis Tsarouchas

Details

Original title
Ο ανθός της λίμνης
Release date
1999-11-14
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EL
Spoken languages
Greek, Turkish
Countries
Greece
Production
Kino S.A., Eurimages Council of Europe, Greek Film Centre, ERT