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NEVER ON SUNDAY (1960)

A look at the life of Ilya, (Mercouri) a carefree Greek prostitute, who lives in the port of Piraeus and meets an American scholar Holmes (Dassin), an American tourist and classical scholar who adores all things Greek. The two try to change each others' perception and way of living for the better. The movie won the Academy Award for Best Original Song (Manos Hadjidakis for "Never on Sunday").

DIRECTOR: JULES DASSIN
FILMING LOCATION: ATHENS, PIRAEUS

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TOPKAPI (1964)

Beautiful thief Elizabeth Lipp (Mercouri) and criminal genius Walter Harper (Maximilian Schell) put together a plan to steal an emerald-encrusted dagger from Istanbul's Topkapi Palace. As part of their crew, they hire small-time hustler Arthur Simon Simpson (Peter Ustinov) to act as their fall guy. When the Turkish secret police capture Simpson at the border, they persuade him to spy on his partners in crime, mistakenly believing that they are Communist agents plotting an assassination. The film won an Academy Award in 1965, with Peter Ustinov taking home the trophy for Best Supporting Actor.

DIRECTOR: JULES DASSIN
FILMING LOCATION: KAVALA

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THE BIG BLUE (1988)

One of the most stunningly beautiful films ever made, "The Big Blue" features gorgeous underwater photography and spectacular location shooting in Amorgos Island. The film charts the competition and friendship of real-life champions Jacques Mayol and Enzo Maiorca (Enzo Molinari).The emotional intensity of the film experience and mystical themes of the story have made it a cult phenomenon.

DIRECTOR: LUC BESSON
FILMING LOCATION: AMORGOS

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GIRL ON THE BRIDGE (1999)

Adèle (Vanessa Paradis ) a waif who is unlucky in love decides to take her own life by jumping from a Paris bridge, when she gets a strange proposition from Gabor (Daniel Auteuil), a professional knife thrower. Together, their luck is unstoppable, and they have an almost psychic bond. But fidelity is not easy, even for those that are perfectly mached.

DIRECTOR: PATRICE LECONTE
FILMING LOCATION: ATHENS

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CAPTAIN CORRELLI'S MANDOLIN

Dr. Iannis and his beautiful daughter, Pelagia (Penelope Cruz) live an idyllic life on the Greek island of Kefalonia; that is, until Italian forces occupy it during World War II and Capt. Corelli (Nicolas Cage) is placed in the Iannis home as a boarder. Corelli and Pelagia are quickly smitten with each other, but when the Nazis arrive, he must fight to liberate the island from the real enemy.

DIRECTOR: JOHN MADDEN
FILMING LOCATION: KEFALONIA

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MAMMA MIA! (2008)

The story of a bride-to-be, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular 1970s group ABBA and her mother, Donna (Meryl Streep), an independent hotelier in a small Greek islands, known as Kalokairi.

DIRECTOR: PHYLIDA LLOYD
FILMING LOCATION: SKOPELOS, SKIATHOS, PELION

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THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY (2014)

A con artist ( Viggo Mortensen)and his wife (Kirsten Dunst) find themselves in deep trouble in Greece after the former murders a detective. To escape from Greece, they must trust a stranger (Oscar Isaac) who is inherently untrustworthy.

DIRECTOR: HOSSEIN AMINI
FILMING LOCATION: ATHENS, CHANIA, HERAKLION

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BEFORE MIDNIGHT (2013)

On the last night of their idyllic Greek vacation, longtime lovers Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) reminisce about their lives together and what different choices might have brought.

DIRECTOR: RICHARD LINKLATER
FILMING LOCATION: KALAMATA

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THE GUNS OF NAVARONE (1961)

This film was a major box office success and became one of the 1961 most important films. Many famous actors starred, like Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, and Irene Papas.

DIRECTOR: J. LEE THOMPSON
FILMING LOCATION: RHODES

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