Strella

Feb 10, 2009

1h 51m

★ 6.2

Overview

Yiorgos is released from prison after 14 years of incarceration for a murder he committed in his small Greek village. He spends his first night out in a cheap downtown hotel in Athens. There he meets Strella, a young trans sex worker. They spend the night together and soon they fall in love.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Greek Film Centre

100% Synthetic Films

Blackbird Productions

Strella Trailers

Cast

Strella

Mina Orfanou

Yiorgos

Yannis Kokiasmenos

Alex

Minos Theocharis

Nikos

Argyris Kavvidas

Wilma

Akis Ioannou

Antonis

Konstadinos Siradakis

Konstadinos Aspiotis

Mania Lembesi

Ivan Svitailo

Kid

Tubu Mani

Kouloukousis

Giorgos Mazis

Mary

Betty Vakalidou

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