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"An oddball group of four people (made up of two hospital employees, a gymnast, and her coach) form a secret society that sets out to ease the grieving process for those whose loved ones have died. For a fee they will act the part of the missing family member -- learning their hobbies and eccentricities -- in order to help the customer accept their loss. As methadone is to heroin addiction, so are the Alps, as they call themselves, to the mourning...
2) Dogtooth
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Greek
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2011 Academy Award nominee for best foreign language films and winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth is a darkly funny look at three teenagers confined to their parents' isolated country estate and living in an absurdist, nightmarish experiment of manipulation and oppression.
3) Alps
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Greek
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Yorgos Lanthimos's follow-up to his Academy Award nominee (and cult sensation) Dogtooth is another darkly comic, absurdist vision of (in)human relationships, focusing on a mysterious underground organization that helps mourners get over their losses by impersonating the deceased.
4) Dogtooth
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Greek
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A darkly surreal look at three teenagers confined to an isolated country estate and kept under strict rule and regimen by their parents - an alternately hilarious and nightmarish experiment of manipulation and oppression.
5) Alps
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Greek
Description
Yorgos Lanthimos's follow-up to his Academy Award nominee (and cult sensation) DOGTOOTH is another darkly comic, absurdist vision of (in)human relationships, focusing on a mysterious underground organization that helps mourners get over their losses by impersonating the deceased.
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Fanis, a forty year old astrophysics professor, journeys back to his childhood home. In affectionate, uplifting scenes, A Touch Of Spice portrays Fanis' relationship with his beloved grandfather, the pain he suffered from being thrown out of Turkey at an early age, and the difficulties his family faced as they adjusted to life in Greece.
11) Suntan
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Greek
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Middle aged Kostis is the new doctor of a tiny island, he spends a dreary winter alone. By the time summer arrives, though, the island has turned into a thriving, wild vacation spot with nude beaches and parties. When he meets the beautiful and flirty Anna, he falls hard for her. He is spending nearly all of his time getting drunk, partying hard. What starts as a rediscovery with his lost long youth, slowly turns into an obsession as he is willing...
12) The Enemy Within
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In Athens today, Kostas, a progressive ideologist, lives a regular life with his wife and their teenage daughter and son, until his home is ransacked by a hooded gang. The experience of extreme violence shatters the family's peace, bringing his father's hunting rifle violently into their lives. The story of a morally demolished man who used to be the pillar of his family and of his struggle to get life back to normal.
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The god of revelry!
Fourfuri Publications, in collaboration with Auvril Audiobooks, brings to you
the story of Dionysus, the god of feasting and wine, in a unique audio
giving their little friends the opportunity to enjoy the
adventures through a realistic narrative.
Listen to the myth of Dionysus and how he came to be identified with festivals and carnivals and loved by the Greeks. For children seeking additional stimuli that offer knowledge...
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Greek
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The Titan who gave people the greatest gift of all!
Fourfuri Publications, in collaboration with Auvril Audiobooks, tells the story of Prometheus, the Titan who gave fire to humans, through a unique audio book with realistic narration.
The benevolent giant Prometheus, the vengeful Zeus, the fire god Hephaestus and other Olympian gods, in a super story-telling for children who seek other stimuli that offer knowledge and entertainment beyond that...
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Greek
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The hero who led the Argonautic Expedition!
Fourfuri Publications, in collaboration with Auvril Audiobooks, brings the adventures of the "monosandalous" Jason and his Argonauts, in a unique audio book, giving the little children the opportunity to enjoy his adventures through a realistic narration.
The Argonauts, the ram with the golden fleece and the dragon that kept it, Centaur Chiron and Medea, in a super fairy-tale-telling, for children who...
16) 1984
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Greek
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A world where every human right has been violated and every notion of freedom and individuality is abolished. A world where Big Brother monitors everything through advanced technology devices. A world where the war against an invisible enemy never ends, thoughts go underground and any deviation from the dictates of the regime is punished relentlessly until it is "corrected". A world where those in power have the power to alter the past and deny the...
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Greek
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The winged messenger of the gods in audio book!
Fourfuri Publications brings the story of Hermes, god of travelers, students and teachers, great trickster and messenger of the gods, in a unique audio book, giving the little children the opportunity to enjoy his adventures through a realistic narration.
Listen to the myth of Hermes and how he became the messenger of the gods, as well as his relationship with the other gods of Olympus. Perfect for...
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Greek
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The great feats of Hercules of mythology made into an audiobook!
Fourfouri Publications, in collaboration with Auvril Audiobooks, transfers the twelve greatest feats of the most famous hero of Greek mythology, Hercules, in a unique audio book, giving the opportunity to their little children to enjoy his adventures through a realistic narration.
The Lion of Nemea, the Lernaean Hydra, the Stymphalid Vultures, the Stables of Augeas and all the great...
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Greek
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A satisfying narrative - a tribute to the most noir and rock 'n' roll pedestrian street in Athens.
A voluptuous mural of an era from the 1960s to the present day, with characters both real and fictional. A novel that recalls, recreates and glorifies the epic street of Fokionos Negri and the famous statue of the Dog - how could Judy Garland, the Ramones, the poet Miltos Shachtouris, Gustavus Flaubert, George Lanthimos and the Weeping Lady of the fountain...
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Greek
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The first crime novel of self-discovery!
Whatever you prefer, whatever you choose, I want you to remember: "By taste you choose, but by smell you are chosen." June 2020. Thessaloniki. At the outbreak of the great pandemic...
Martha, the girl with curly hair, will experience unexpected events that will change her life in unexpected ways once and for all!
12 key people. A murder? A big secret. An unspoken love.
It's enough to transform her in the...
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