Mercouri plays ilya, an independent prostitute who chooses her own. Never on sunday deserves credits for pushing the boundaries of plot and character in the early 60s but comes off a bit heavy handed in its portrayal of the evil american. Never on sunday nude scenes 6 images and 0 videos including appearances from melina mercouri. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Hes talking about his encounter and hes getting a great response from his megacongregation, including his pal henry jason segel a manager of the venue. Never on sunday, the comic romance of an american tourist dassin who sets out to reform a smalltown prostitute mercouri only to make her miserable.
Never on sunday, the most successful and controversial greek. The original trailer for the film never on sunday, directed by jules dassin rififi and starring oscarwinning actress melina mercouri. With melina mercouri, jules dassin, giorgos foundas, titos vandis. The song won the academy award for best original song in 1960, a first for a foreign. Read the never on sunday movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. Petula clark never on a sunday lyrics genius lyrics. Film notes never on a sunday university at albany, suny. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. Find movie and film cast and crew information for never on sunday 2009 francis xavier on allmovie. Ta pedia tou pirea never on sunday lyrics translation. Never on sunday, the foreignfilm hit of 196061, had two main things going for it.
The film tells the story of ilya, a selfemployed, freespirited prostitute who lives in the. Never on sunday movie posters from movie poster shop. From my window, i send off one, two and three and four kisses that reach the harbor as though one and two and three and four birds. As sundays world collapses around her, we witness her transformation from. Never on sunday the 1960 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Never on sunday 2001 stream and watch online moviefone. After a promising start in hollywood as director of acclaimed film noirs. Never on sunday is a 1960 greek blackandwhite film which tells the story of ilya, a prostitute who lives in the port of piraeus in greece, and homer, an american tourist from middletown, connecticut a classical scholar enamored with all things greek. Directed by 1 writing credits 1 cast 26 produced by 2 music by 1 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 art direction by 1 costume design by 2 makeup department 2 production management 2 second unit director or assistant director 2. Never on sunday is a 1960 greek blackandwhite, romantic comedy film. Come sunday, directed by joshua marston from a script by marcus hinchey, then cuts to a sermon at the reverends tulsa church, called higher dimensions. Rescued from a nearbrawl in a greek bar, american homer writer, director and star jules dassin meets illia dassins wife melina mercouri and her friend the captain, mitsos liguisos, in never on sunday, 1960 view the tcmdb entry for never on sunday 1960. An english version with lyrics by billy towne became popular, and was sung by connie francis, eartha kitt, petula clark, and others. Never on sunday 2009 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing never on sunday near you. Greek title is pote tin kyriaki which means never on sunday and could be pronounced as pote tin kyriaki which means ever on sundays i would translate the greek title into whenever on sundays, thus it means ambiguously never or ever, clever greek. Homer feels ilyas life style typifies the degradation. Mercouri plays ilya, an independent prostitute who chooses her own clientele. At the plaza theatre, fiftyeighth street east of madison avenue. The inspired story of a happy prostitute working the waterfront of. Nothing pretentious about never on sunday, thoughit was glorious hokum, frank and unabashed, and mercouri as the tart with a heart was loud, brash and irresistible. In this globally acclaimed comedy drama, eccentric, tough, and carefree ilya melina mercouri is one of those characters who makes her mark on film history, and who made an internationally known star out of mercouri. Homer feels that modern greece is a shadow of its former self, and he believes that ilya is a prime example of contemporary decadence.
Never on sunday was the brainchild of american expatriate jules dassin. It was her third film with dassin, though their first in greece. Never on sunday songs from movies the chordettes soundtrack 1961. Ilya is a prostitute in the port of piraeus with a definite sense of social and. Greek title is pote tin kyriaki which means never on sunday and could be pronounced as pote tin kyriaki which means ever on sundays i would translate the greek title into. The intellectual coherence of dassins script is never matched by a convincingly tight dramatic structure. She never sets a price, and she must like the man before she will go with him. Nunca aos domingos filme completo never on sunday youtube. A big hit, at least in art house terms, never on sunday is an entertaining but dated star vehicle for greek powerhouse melina mercouri and the music of manos hadjidakis. An american scholar in greece sets about improving the prostitute with whom he is infatuated. Never on sunday by jules dassin, melina mercouri, georges. Never on sunday is a 1960 greek film written and directed by jules dassin and starring melina mercouri, jules dassin, and giorgos foundas. Released october 5th, 2001, never on sunday stars melinamercouri, julesdassin, georgefoundas, titosvandis the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. The second was the score by manos hadjidakis, filled with lively bouzouki music and including the title tune.
Directorscreenwriter jules dassin plays homer thrace, an american amateur philosopher from middletown connecticut, fascinated by the rise and fall of greek civilization. Never on sunday stars melina mercouri in the cannes awardwinning role of her career. Rescued from a nearbrawl in a greek bar, american homer writer, director and star jules dassin meets illia dassins wife melina mercouri and her friend the captain, mitsos liguisos, in. Later, this song also became known as never on sunday. She encounters homer thrace jules dassin, a vacationing american who is obsessed with ancient greek culture. Never on sunday is the brainchild of jules dassin, an american writerdirector who ran afoul of redbaiters in the 1950s and had to go to europe to earn a living. Never on sunday 1960 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. With never on sunday, mercouri burst upon the undefended world. Never on sunday, that charming jules dassin film, was shown unexpectedly on cable recently. Ilya mercouri is a successful and charming prostitute. How i wished i had one and two and three and four children once they would all grow up would become dashing lads, for piraeuss sake. After being completely taken off guard by hearing a song from my childhood that i never associated with a film in jacques demes 1964 musical, the umbrellas of cherbourg, a few weeks ago, i never thought it would happen again.
For the best experience please update your browser. The first was melina mercouri, playing a happy prostitute who works you guessed it six days a week. Choose from never on sunday sheet music for such popular songs as never on sunday. Movie is made in 1960s in greece with sub titles and some english dialogue thrown in. Never on sunday 1960 movie clip amateur philosopher. Never on sunday tells the story of sunday barlow, a young woman trapped in a marriage with a cheating husband while at the same time battling her own demons from both past and present. A philosophical comedy about a greek prostitute who agrees to spend two weeks with an american intellectual improving her mind. The song is by now much more famous than the movie, which was considered daring in 1960 because it openly courted the not very tenable assertion that prostitution was natural and healthy. Never on sunday, written and directed by jules dassin. Open and amiable, she makes friends often and easily. Watch never on sunday online stream full movie directv. Again it did with jules dassins 1960 never on sunday. A young philosophical intellectual homer thrace jules dassin arrives from. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
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