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Description
We are in Diakopto (or Diakofto) a seaside town in the Prefecture of Achaia, built on the shores of the Gulf of Corinth.

It is Easter of 1971 and the film opens with several skewered lambs in a row, an Easter custom. The filmmaker shows us the lambs on the skewers as well as the people who rotate them. We see two men with one appearing to be singing, one drinking wine and two more a younger and an older one as a woman stands behind them. The footage of the people who rotate the skewers continues and the lens briefly stays on a woman and another man. The view changes with the musicians as well as people dancing.

The film closes with views of Trapeza, Achaia, a village near Diakopto, where the filmmaker records the view from the mountain.

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Holder
Bakelas Vyron

Quality
2K

Sound
No

Color
Yes

Duration (seconds)
120

Format
Super 8mm

Creator's description


SO YES!!!

There in Diakofto, which was the base of our vacation, we the four children lived an exceptional experience. We discovered a field of "tall squishy grass" and indulged in endless dips!!! After flattening ALL of it, we then discovered, that they were actually fava beans!!! Our parents' efforts to feed and water the field guard who was called by the owner to impose a fine, failed! Finally our parents paid the fine to the owner!

-Margarita Bakela
Bakelas Vyron