Nice old movie. As a Greek and a big fan of everything that is filmed on a Greek theme, I was happy to watch this simple film. Simplicity of plot, wayward beauty, romantic love experiences and wonderful music are the main features of films of the time when my mother was a teenager. The film won an Oscar for music, and I can still listen to this popular melody on my music box, bought in Athens.
At the heart of the plot is the desire of the American Homer to re-educate the prostitute Elijah - to guide her on the right path, because she is for him the embodiment of the beautiful Hellas! But the past is gone! And people want to love, sing, dance - to live a full life, giving yourself to today completely! A life-loving film filled with jokes, Greek music and passions. It seems to me that the wisdom of modern Greeks is precisely to live now, burning through life, it is this trait that unites them with Russians. But unlike the Russians, the Greeks do not delve so deeply into questions of morality and search for deeper meaning. And their Sonia Marmeladova knows the value of his youth and does not want to live otherwise. Because the choice has already been made, and why bother, if you seem better than you are, is hypocritical! To each his own; And don't judge...