1992 · comedy · athens
Up, Down and Sideways
Directed by Mihalis Kakogiannis1h 48m1992
A prosperous widow with a gay son falls for a young gym instructor in Athens.
Our read: Up, Down and Sideways (1992) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · athens entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / athens, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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