1. Plot

2. Cast

3. Release

4. Reception
    Box office  Critical response  Accolades 

5. See also

6. References

7. External links

Little England ({{lang-el|Μικρά Αγγλία|italic=yes|translit=Mikra Anglia}}) is a 2013 Greek period drama–romance film directed by Pantelis Voulgaris. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Ioanna Karystiani, Voulgaris' wife, and stars Pinelopi Tsilika, Sofia Kokkali, Aneza Papadopoulou and Andreas Konstantinou. The plot revolves around two sisters, Orsa and Moscha from the island of Andros, dubbed Little England because of its affluence, who are both in love with Spyros; it starts in the interwar period and ends in the 1950s.

The film achieved commercial success in Greece, as it was the second-highest-grossing film of 2013 and the first amongst the Greek films. Little England also met critical success domestically and abroad. It was nominated for thirteen Hellenic Film Academy Awards and won six, including the award for Best Film. Internationally, it dominated at the 2014 Shanghai International Film Festival, winning three Golden Goblet Awards for Best Feature Film, Best Director and Best Actress, and it is also nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Little England was submitted by Greece for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Plot

The action takes place on the island of Andros, where Orsa, 20 years old, and her younger sister, Moscha, live. Orsa is deeply in love with Spyros Matabes, a lieutenant, but she has never revealed her secret to anybody. On the other hand, Moscha dreams of leaving Andros and escaping women's fate of marrying sailors, who are usually away from their families. Their mother, Mina, who is married to a captain, considers love to be a trouble and, overriding their emotions, wants her daughters to make wealthy marriages. As a result, Orsa gets married to captain Nikos Vatokouzis, and Moscha to Spyros Matabes, a captain now with whom her sister is in love. The two women live in the family's duplex home and the forbidden love will harm their lives.

Cast

• Pinelopi Tsilika as Orsa Saltaferou
• Sofia Kokkali as Moscha Saltaferou
• Aneza Papadopoulou as Mina Saltaferou
• Andreas Konstantinou as Spyros Maltabes
• Maximos Moumouris as Nikos Vatokouzis
• Vasilis Vasilakis as Savvas Saltaferos
• Christos Kalavrouzos as uncle Aimilios

Release

The film was released in Greece on 5 December 2013. It was also screened twice as closing film at the 36th Cairo International Film Festival on 17 and 18 November 2014.^[1]

Reception

Box office

Little England was a major hit in Greece, where it grossed $3,078,029, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 2013 in the country behind only The Desolation of Smaug. The film grossed $537,314 in its opening weekend and topped the box office, while it stayed in top four in the following six weekends.

Critical response

Boyd van Hoeij of The Hollywood Reporter describes the film as "A woman's picture in the best sense of the word" and a "handsomely mounted and impeccably acted film."^[2]

Accolades

See also

• List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Greek submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

• Official website {{el icon}}
• {{imdb title|3253650}}
• {{mojo title |id=_fMIKRAANGLIA01 |title=Little England |intl=yes}}

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