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The City of Children(2012)
Status: Released
Date: 2012-09-24
68%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
Overview:
The arrival of children, as seen through the stories of four different couples, just when a pregnancy comes along and conflicts with their lives. A marital crisis becomes a family tragedy; a mad man's gun forces a young couple to reconsider a premature pregnancy; a long struggle of in-vitro fertilizations brings together and forces apart two sterile women who have shared the same man; and a young Iraqi immigrant, all alone in her apartment, is forced to give birth to her child with the help of her Greek stalker and next door neighbor. The stories unfold within a day and collide in a violent and fatal incident.
Languages: Greek.
Countries:
Greece
ProductionCompanies: 
Nova
Movie: The City of Children
Top 10 Billed Cast
Κίκα Γεωργίου
Nadine
Γιώργος Ζιόβας
Antonis
Βασίλης Mπισμπίκης
Fotis
Άννα Καλαϊτζίδου
Dina
Ιωσήφ Πολυζωίδης
Nadine's Neighbor
Ναταλία Καλημερατζή
Liza
Μαρία Τσιμά
Vaso
Υρώ Λούπη
Marina
Λεωνίδας Κακούρης
Spyros
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Overview
The arrival of children, as seen through the stories of four different couples, just when a pregnancy comes along and conflicts with their lives. A marital crisis becomes a family tragedy; a mad man's gun forces a young couple to reconsider a premature pregnancy; a long struggle of in-vitro fertilizations brings together and forces apart two sterile women who have shared the same man; and a young Iraqi immigrant, all alone in her apartment, is forced to give birth to her child with the help of her Greek stalker and next door neighbor. The stories unfold within a day and collide in a violent and fatal incident.
Release Date
2012-09-24
Average
6.8
Rating:
3.4 startsTagline
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Languages:
ελληνικά
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