Queen of Clubs

Original title: Dama spathi

1966
1h 27m

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Spyros Fokas and Elena Nathanail in Queen of Clubs (1966)

While on vacation with her husband, a beautiful woman falls in love with a handsome local, risking everything.While on vacation with her husband, a beautiful woman falls in love with a handsome local, risking everything.While on vacation with her husband, a beautiful woman falls in love with a handsome local, risking everything.

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6.0/10

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Trivia
The movie sold 149,477 tickets. It came in 42nd out of 117 movies.

Quotes
Vasilis: Listen to someone who cares for you, there won't be a war, ever again.
Marianthi: And the bombs? Why do they make bombs, then? You know, young one, my father was killed in the First War. My fiancé in the Second one. He was a brave guy and he loved me very much. You know what he writes in his last letter from the front? 'What a pity I won't survive, Marianthe, but I must die. Forgive me for not dying for you. At least you would be worth dying for, whereas the war isn't worthy at all.' So, now I'm asking you again. What do they make bombs for?
Vasilis: To drive us mad, Marianthe. To do away with us at no cost. Without any bombs, or anything.

Connections
Featured in The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970)

Soundtracks
To Psomi Ine Sto Trapezi (Le Pain Sur La Table)
Music by Mikis Theodorakis, Lyrics by Iakovos Kabanellis
Orchestra conducted by Giorgos Katsaros, featuring Notis Mavroudis on guitar
Sung by Soula Birbili

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8/10

Fascinatingly complex study of adultery...

Elena, a top Greek fashion model, goes on a brief holiday to a remote seaside resort with her young husband Vasily...but grows increasingly remote from him as her fatal attraction to a local Lothario (Focas) overpowers her will and evokes an unbearable sexual tension and passion that must be expressed. There are volumes spoken in a look or a gesture and more steam is skillfully generated in this manner than through the dialog or the sex scenes. The progression of the illicit affair changes all of the participants in unforeseen and unexpected ways...sometimes eliciting strains of sadism, self-pity, mental cruelty and blind carnal lust. The film is a fascinating study of adultery and ultimately an indictment of giving the passions free rein...risking ruin. Recommended for mature and sophisticated viewers.