A Matter of Dignity

A Matter of Dignity
A Matter of Dignity
Directed by Michael Cacoyannis
Written by Michael Cacoyannis
Starring Ellie Lambeti
Cinematography Walter Lassally
Editing by Giorgos Tsaoulis
Release date(s) 1957
Running time 112 minutes
Country Greece
Language Greek

A Matter of Dignity (Greek: Το τελευταίο ψέμα, translit. To teleftaio psema) is a 1957 Greek drama film directed by Michael Cacoyannis. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

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Plot

The Pellas are magnates who face financial ruin. Desperate to conceal the dire straits they are in and maintain their social status, they plan to marry their beautiful daughter Chloe off to a wealthy, dull middle-aged man. Caught between caring for her family and her doomed love for her young but poor boyfriend, Chloe flees to her retired nanny.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: A Matter of Dignity". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3485/year/1958.html. Retrieved 2009-02-13. 

External links

v · d · eThe films of Mihalis Kakogiannis
Windfall in Athens · Stella · A Girl in Black · A Matter of Dignity · Our Last Spring · The Wastrel · Electra · Zorba the Greek · The Day the Fish Came Out · The Trojan Women · Attilas '74 · Iphigenia · Sweet Country · Up, Down and Sideways · The Cherry Orchard

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