Angel 1982
Angel ★★ Angelos 1982
Angel (Maniatis) falls for a sailor (Xanthos) who promises a better life away from his abusive father and the poverty that surrounds him. Instead, Angel winds up on the Athens' streets as a transvestite prostitute, a situation that eventually lead the distraught young man to a shocking act of violence. Explicit but not prurient and based on a true story. Greek with subtitles. 126m/C VHS, DVD . GR Michael Maniatis, Dionyssis Xanthos, Maria Alkeou, Katerina Helmi; D: George Katakouzinos; W: George Katakouzinos; C: Tassos Alexakis; M: Stamatis Spanoudakis.
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