A WOMAN'S WAY: STRELLA

(ΣΤΡΕΛΛΑ)

A post-modern Greek tragedy unfurling against the glowing nights of Athens, A Woman’s Way: Strella follows a man, Yiorgos, on his first evening out of prison where he meets a young transsexual prostitute, Strella, with whom he falls in love. Portraying people who live on the fringes of society, questioning preconceived ideas, feelings and the collective imagination; this touching film presents a parallel world, generally considered as immoral and suspect by the larger masses. But this is a world that doesn’t for a moment doubt its own core values: humanity and compassion.

“Defies the taboos of the ancients to end up portraying a happy alternative family. The production combines dingy realism, the divine Maria Callas and plenty of sex and campy dialogue". Variety

Warnings:
Strong sex scenes
Subject matter may offend some viewers


Cast: Mina Orfanou, Yiannis Kokiasmenos, Minos Theoharis, Betty Vakalidou, Argiris Kavidas, Akis Ioannou

About the Director:
Born in Athens, Panos H. Koutras studied at the London International Film School and the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1995, he founded 100% Synthetic Films and started working on his first feature film, The Attack of the Giant Mousaka (2000). His second feature film, Real Life (2004), won the Greek National Critics Award.