Hard Life, A
- Alternative title
- Mia Skliri Zoi
- Synopsis
- Follows Kalliopi Kalogerou, who has spent her entire life in the Greek village in Epirus where she was born in 1900. A simple witness to the century, she has lived through Turkish domination and successive occupations linked to different wars. Most of her family now live elsewhere in Greece, or abroad in Canada, the USA, Germany or Bulgaria and is representative of the Greek diaspora. Her story is told told in 10-minute segments to a young friend and to her daughter visiting from her home in the USA.
- Series
- Greek Series
- Language
- Greek
- Country
- France
- Medium
- Video
- Year of production
- 1983-96
- Availability
- Sale
- Notes
- Greek with English subtitles
- Subjects
- Anthropology
- Keywords
- emigration; Greece; history of the 20th century; rural communities
Credits
- Director
- Colette Piault
- Cast
Eleni Pangratiou-Alexakis Kalliopi Kalogerou
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £24.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 55 minutes
- Year
- 2014
Production Company
- Name
CNRS
- riavx@ivry.cnrs.fr
- Web
- http://www.chrs.fr/Image&Science External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +33 1 49 60 41 20
- Fax
- +33 1 49 60 41 56
- Address
- 27 rue Paul Bert
Ivry sur Seine 94204 cedex
France
- Name
National Film & Television School
- Web
- http://www.nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01494 671234
- Fax
- 01494 674042
- Address
- Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield HP9 1LG
Distributor
- Name
Les Films du Quotidien
- piault@u-paris10.fr
- Phone
- +33 1 42 60 25 76
- Fax
- +33 1 42 61 67 92
- Address
- 5 rue des Saints Peres
75006 Paris
France
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