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Face to Face

1966-06-13 · 84 min · ★ 6.1

Comedy · Romance · Drama

Penniless and without a future, an English teacher agrees to tutor a pampered woman, only to become enmeshed in a strange reality and a downward spiral of desire and illusion, guilt and self-contempt. Will the ugly truth set him free?

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Directors
Roviros Manthoulis
Production companies
Alter Ego Productions
Countries
Greece
Status
Released

Top Cast

Costas MessarisDimitris Emmanouil
Eleni StavropoulouEleni StavropoulouVarvara
Theano IoannidouTheano IoannidouMother
Labros KotsirisLabros KotsirisFather
Alexis Georgiou
Mary GotsiMary GotsiMaid
Simon Hinkly
Zozo Papadimitriou
Paris PappisParis Pappis
Mihalis Mastoras
Eftihia Partheniadou

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