Product Description

Buff and barely eighteen, Sasha lives outside Athens. At night, he and his friends go to the city to work as male prostitutes. Everyday they endure johns, drug dealers and pimps as they desperately try to survive in a country that is not their own.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #85872 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-09-11
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: Greek
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 94 minutes

Customer Reviews

Surprising Film - Not What You'd Expect!
This is one of the most surprising films I've seen come out of Eastern Europe in years. It concerns a 17 year-old from the Greek suburbs whose family are immigrated Pontians. It's not so much about gay life as suggested, but about the street life of hustlers, prostitutes and outcast teenagers looking to fit into a society that considers them low class immigrants. (I don't want to give away too much).

The director shows a worthy talent for splicing a "pseudo" documentary style into a feature film. The intertwining stories of bought "[street women]", childhood innocence, the readily available drugs and the coming of age sexuality all work well. The camera work and editing are first class with progressive images and 'angled imagery' that work like eye candy.

It's a true slice of Greek life and full of plot twists. Sometimes discouraging, but never depressing, "Life On The Edge..." succeeds in making the viewer feel as if they were experiencing all that is being shown first hand. Every character is well studied and each carries thier own charisma.

This film won several awards and is well worth the viewing time. It is a collector item.

Great film - but certainly not about the American "gay life"
This is not a film about "gay life" as it has been fashioned in the United States, nor is it about gay "political correctness," nor was it intended as a love letter to the U.S., Russia, etc. If you can deal with those facts it's a damned good film.

The film is about the world of men prostituting themselves to women and men. It is not about what American gays have sanitized and romanticized as "hustling." It's a tough film about a tough life, and the cultural background and values are not South Beach and Palm Springs. The film techniques and the milieu that is portrayed have more in common with the post-WW II films of the French and Italians.

Yes, there is "eye candy," in "Apo tin Akri tis Polis" but there ain't nuthin sweet about this film, so if you're looking for a soft warm fuzzy flick on selling [sex] with hints of soft core porn here and there go elsewhere. However, if you can stretch beyond the parochial limits of "American" and "gay" you may enjoy this film despite the fact that it's not a walk in the spring rain.

The actors had no prior acting experience:Realism 100%
A very best film by Giannaris that explores an ethic Greex-x(can) minority in Athens. The film win many awards and it is perceived one of the best experimentak films of 1999. A powerful, raw film about a group of outcast teenagers living in Menidi, a predominately Greek-Russian suburb near Athens, Greece. I saw that film in LA and I was suprised. This is want I really like. It has the elements of action, love, crime and mixed traditions. 100% u have to watch!