Michael Cacoyannis was a Greek Cypriot filmmaker from Limassol, also named Michalis Kakogiannis. Published biographies disagree on whether he was born in 1921 or 1922. His films, among them Electra and Zorba the Greek, are the moving pictures a page would show. He died in Athens in 2011.
Gând
A sample thought. The family would write here what they still say at the table.
Elena
Gând
A sample thought. A friend would say how the ordinary days were the ones that stayed.
Thomas
Poveste
The walk home
This is a sample story, so the page can show a longer memory. A daughter would write the walk home, the song in the kitchen, and the sentence that is still repeated.
Anna
Lumânare
For the songs, and for Sunday.
Thomas
Lumânare
A sample candle, lit for one day.
Jon
Videoclipuri
A piece played at home
A sample film for Michael Cacoyannis. The family would put here a song or a piece of footage they still play.
Muzică
The piece from the kitchen
The family
Dar
Lumânare
A sample gift of light.
Helen
Dar
Carte
A sample card for Michael Cacoyannis.
Mark
Dar
Floare
A sample flower, left on the page.
Iris
Cronologie
Stella
His film Stella was released, with Melina Mercouri in the leading part.
Cronologie
Electra
Electra, his film of the Euripides play, was released.
Cronologie
Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek was released and became the film most widely attached to his name.
Cronologie
Died in Athens
He died in Athens in 2011.
Întâlnire
A Sunday visit
A sample gathering for Michael Cacoyannis. The family would write the time, the place, and who is welcome.
The family
1955
1962
1964
2011