Product Description

Angel is George Katakouzinos' ground breaking, boldly told tragedy of innocence betrayed. The first openly gay film in Greek history to have received major theatrical distribution both domestically and abroad. Angel has garnered both international and critical acclaim and numerous prestigious international awards including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay prizes at the Greek equivalent of the Oscars, Thessalonkiki Film Festival 1982. Angel, a young handsome Athenian attempts to escape his abusive father and the grinding poverty of his daily life by falling in love with a macho sailor who promises Angel a better life. But survival on the margins proves risky and difficult so Angels' lover persuades him to work the streets as a transvestite prostitute in order to make ends meet. After a series of dangerous and humiliating encounters, Angel revolts in a sudden burst of shocking and cathartic violence. Set in a Greece Tourists rarely see, Angel beautifully spotlights a nocturnal Athens of street hustlers and garish bars. Seen by almost one Greek in twenty, Angel is one of the most successful films in Greek History.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #121999 in DVD
• Released on: 2000-05-26
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 120 minutes

Review
Based on a real life crime case, Angel is a bold, realistic, sensitive and skillfully made film. --Variety

Review
With its realism and thrillers pace, Angel has no parallel in Greek movie making. --International Herald Tribune

Customer Reviews

Groundbreaking Greek movie.
I first saw this movie when it opened in NY in the 80's, just watched again on Netflix and after a fast and furious search, found it on Amazon and got it for my personal collection. Based on a real life murder, this film helped rally support for the young murderer from Greeks of all walks of life, including Melina Mercouri. It may hurt today's politically correct gay sensibilities, but the fact is that it broke new ground in terms of Greek cinematography, and opened up a discussion on gays as victims rather than predators.

This is NOT Neil Jordan's Angel.
This is Greek film, Not Neil Jordan's film.