Greek Film Festival

THE LOVERS FROM AXOS

(ΟΙ ΕΡΑΣΤΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΞΟΥ)

Filmmaker Nicos Ligouris happened upon the subject of his documentary by chance. Travelling in the mountains of Crete, he met 73 year-old Jorgos who guided him through a Byzantine chapel on Mount Ida. Jorgos also offered to show him something more beautiful: his 69 year-old wife, Maria, working at her loom.

Ligouris immortalises the love that binds Jorgos and Maria; a love that has deepened over 55 years. But something clouds their happiness: Jorgos is ill and could die any minute.

"I thought to myself that I could not, and did, not want to explain the secret of their love. But I could chronicle it, steal individual moments in their lives, which at first seem unspectacular, but on closer inspection are magical." Filmmaker Nicos Ligouris