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sovereignty and independence,

while people around him

search for new myths and heroes.

Well... First scene.

Establishing shots of Athens

in the pre-election period.

We follow the hero

with a wide angle,

as he wanders in streets

heavily guarded by the police.

Myths everywhere.

On the screen, on the stage,

in the books...

as well as in the stories

we wanted to tell.

But the way they ought to be told

had to be approved by the majority.

Again with a wide angle lens...

She's waiting for him

in some beach of the island

staring at the horizon,

full of hope.

- Objection!

- Comrade Stelios has an objection.

Don't forget that the wide angle

is the bourgeoisie's favorite lens.

It creates the illusion that

everything belongs to everybody.

And that everything

can be gained.

I think we'd better use

a telephoto lens as a master lens.

- Objection!

- I'm talking!

Telephoto lens forces us to segment

reality into various different angles.

It disorients the audience

and doesn't let them see

the general idea we want to show.

I suggest we vote on it.

Comrades, thank you.

Well, let's vote on it.

Who are for the use

of telephoto lens as a master lens?

Four.

Who are for the use of

wide angle lens as a master lens?

The use of wide angle lens

as our master lens is approved.

Write it down.

We can go on now, comrades.

Let's hear Stavros,

our new member.

The hero faces the monster,

you said.

Shall we show the monster?

The monster, comrade...

is the bureaucracy, the isolation...

the food in the Student Club,

the constant police surveillance.

It's a symbol.

The whole story seemed

symbolic to me.

Athens is a symbolic city, a labyrinth

hiding the monstrous Minotaur,

or a Troy where the Allies

are stalking into the Trojan Horse,

and an Ulysses trying to save

his home from the suitors of power.

My old craft came in handy at last!

When you rely on myths,

acceptance is guaranteed.

Who are for comrade

Stavros' symbols?

And unanimous.

We unanimously approve...

the lliad, the Odyssey and

Theseus against the Minotaur.

We come to the roles now.

Who is going to play Penelope?

Any nude scenes?

Only the last one,

with you walking on the beach.

Shall I show my panties?

Only your thighs.

You'll wear a short tunic.

It's a symbolic scene.

Penelope waiting for Ulysses.

- Saying what?

- It's mute scene.

You stare at the horizon and

Wide Angle as a master follows you.

- I won't show my thighs to strangers.

- Strangers? But you know them all.

- And who's this "Master"?

- It's a lens, not a man.

- So why do you call him "Master"?

- It's our jargon. So says the script.

"Wide Angle as a master"

catches Penelope

and a seagull disappearing far away!

- What's disappearing?

- Aseagull.

- Shall I show my face?

- No, just your thighs.

Just my thighs...

I won't waste my thighs for a seagull!

I'm a National Drama School student!

Mr. Sotiris, can I come in?

Hold on a minute.

You can come in now.

- Did you lock?

- Yes, and I put on the window lights.

Put the dry ones in their place.

- Stavros?

- Yes, Mr. Sotiris.

Will you help me take care

of the window display on Sunday?

- There will be South Wind.

- I can't on Sunday, Mr. Sotiris.

But I can work as late

as you want on Monday.

Do you have other lenses

for that camera?

Why do you ask?

- I thought I could try a tighter lens.

- It's still early for that.

Learn how to focus first.

Then you'll learn the lenses.

How come you're asking that?

Who told you about "tighter" lenses?

We're making a short film and we were

discussing the lenses we could use.

Afilm?

Cinema is a costly

business. You got the money?

The University Senate

can finance us.

If the Dean, our client,

approves it.

- He's involved.

- With two girls?

He takes portraits of the first girl,

and more "playful" poses of the other.

If Magda hears it,

she'll flip out.

If they let him down,

hell will break loose on us.

And the worst, he's got involved

with the movies.

You don't say!

First Programme.

And now you will listen

to the National Radio Orchestra.

Good morning. Put your jeans on.

You'll catch a cold.

What a mess!

How can you live in here?

- I'll send Lucy to clean.

- Don't, Mum! I won't let her in.

Put them in the fridge. Don't let

them rot like the other time.

And cookies for coffee.

And bring me your laundry.

Valparaiso... Santiago...

BuenosAires...

Taking a trip?

We are studying the economics

of Latin America at school.

Your father was about

to take me to Montevideo.

But I got pregnant,

and the trip was postponed.

Aristotle Onassis died.

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Every morning, he'd listen to the news

with a cup in his hand.

Today he was sullen and silent.

And then he said it.

"Ari is dead."

They used to hang out

together in Argentina.

My man travelled and had a hell

of good times when he was young.

Who knows what they were doing!

The doctor!

That hurt him too much!

Good evening.

Nothing serious.

A slight heart arrhythmia.

No reason to worry anymore.

Thank God!

- A similar case in the family?

- No, we are fine!

- How did it happen exactly?

- This morning, listening to the news.

He started breathing heavily,

his heart was about to burst.

He said something weird

and fell into depression.

Asudden loss explains

symptoms like those.

I understand, the departed one

was a myth for your husband.

Anyway, he'll be released

from the hospital tomorrow.

- Take care.

- Thank you very much, Doctor.

He's in room 7.

Thanos, dear!

Good evening!

- How are you?

- Dad?

- Where will they bury him?

- Either in Skorpios island or Argentina.

- I'd like to be there.

- You're getting out tomorrow. Maybe.

He might see old friends there,

and he's too weak for such emotions.

- I remember a night in La Boca...

- Please, forget about the old times!

Stavros, come here.

Take this money, go to

a florist shop, buy a wreath,

and tell them to send it to

Skorpios island with a ribbon saying:

"Aristo, Godspeed. Your friends,

Thanos, Magda, Stavros."

- What if they bury him in Argentina?

- It's in Skorpios, I checked.

What about the window of my shop?

All suitcases will be gone soon.

- We need photos for the new models.

- We'll think of something.

- "Aristo, Godspeed."

- Dad called him Ari.

"Aristo" is more fancy.

Any other shipping magnate

still alive? Niarchos maybe?

Well, do svidaniya.

"Do svidaniya" means "see you soon".

I didn't know you spoke Russian.

I'm learning now.

It was Andrei's idea.

He wants me to play

Jocasta in Russian.

In Russian?

This summer,

in the Festival in Cuba.

When this summer?

Before or after New York?

I'm not coming

to New York, Stavros.

I want to work on that role.

The trip to Cuba is

a life decision for me.

America can wait.

She said you should wait for her here.

Once more,

in the history of world art,

Oedipus found himself

in the arms of his mother,

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