MEN DON'T CRY (Οι άντρες δεν κλαίνε) dir. Kyriakos Chatzimichailidis
Country: Greece
Language: Greek
Format: Short Film (18 mins)
Available subtitles: English, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol
Language: Greek
Format: Short Film (18 mins)
Available subtitles: English, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol
FEATURED IN: THE MALE GAZE: CELLULOID DREAMS
One stormy winter night, soaking wet 20 year old Ilias arrives uninvited at Petros’ house. Ilias’ erratic behaviour causes much concern to Petros. He vaguely remembers meeting Ilias one night some years ago, in a gay bar. As the night goes on, unsettling truths come to the fore, and as much as Petros would like to be rid of his guest, some truths will stay with you forever.
WRITTEN BY: Giannis Tsiros
CAST: Themis Panou, Petros Lagoutis, Vasilis Argyrakis
PRODUCED BY: Menios Ditsas
CAST: Themis Panou, Petros Lagoutis, Vasilis Argyrakis
PRODUCED BY: Menios Ditsas
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
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Born in Thessaloniki in 1963, Kyriakos Chatzimichailidis, since graduating with a degree in Microbiology, has had a long and varied career in the Greek film industry. He has both directed and appeared in numerous short and feature films as well as directing children's programmes and theatre productions, and has worked as production manager on a host of documentaries and films including Panos Koutras' 'The Attack of the Giant Moussaka'. He has also acted in films directed by Panos Glykofrydis, Stamatis Tsarouchas, Lagia Giourgou and Nickos Koundouros. More recently, he started the non-profit civic Company t-shOrt, with a focus on promoting Greek short films abroad.
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DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
'Men Don’t Cry' is a short film which was created when H.I.V. and the AIDS disease was on the rise. At that period of time (2000), HIV patients suffered from severe anxiety and distress, while fear and racism created social taboos that oppressed the entire gay community. The main elements that motivated me and led to the writing of the script were the loss of friends and acquaintances, the difficult situations created in the social and family lives of the survivors and my awareness of the sensitive and difficult issue of relationships between two infected men. After all, so many people were infected through casual sex. The script idea was born out of a dream I had one night, a few days after the death of a friend of mine due to AIDS, and it was the reason for its adaptation by my friend and collaborator Giannis Tsiros to a film script. At that time the film evoked a high sense of identification as everything related to the AIDS disease was still so emotionally charged. The disease then evolved into a chronic disease, so the film has a different emotional impact nowadays. An additional reason for the creation of the film is my love for the short film form. Through short film I feel that I am complete as a director and producer. I do hope you like the film, that you will be touched and that it will give you some food for thought - Kyriakos Chatzimichailidis, Director/Producer