Directed by Andreas Siadimas, and written by Stella Kavadatou. “In the wrong hand the medicine becomes poison…” Summer in Crete. A young couple looks forward to enjoy the hot summer together. However, an unexpected encounter with a mysteriously captivating elderly hermit at a virgin cobalt-blue beach will gradually unveil a salubrious world hidden in plain sight. Can an herb be a gift of life and a curse of death at the same time? Can nature teach the young urbanites a thing or two about its infinite wisdom?
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Original Title: Δενδρολίβανος ο Φαρμακευτής
IMDb rate: 6,6/10
Cast:
Petros Fyssoun
Nikos Georgakis
Athina Maximou
Movie Trivia:
1. It was one of the last film roles of legendary Greek actor Petros Fyssoun, who died in 2016. Son of a Russian émigré who had settled in Greece after the Russian Revolution, Petros went to be one of the top actors of his generation and had an extremely rich career in film, theater and television. As one of Greece’s foremost actors, On the course of his 60-year career, he garnered many awards and distinctions, including Leading Male Role in the 1963 Greek Film Festival as well as First Prize for Leading Male Role at the 1975 Ithaka Theater Festival. Fyssoun was married to Swedish actress Maud Hansson, known from her appearances in Bergman’s The Seventh Seal (1957) and Wild Strawberries (1957), and was survived by one daughter.
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