Never on Sunday

1960 [GREEK]

Comedy / Drama / Romance

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 67% · 9 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 82% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 6349 6.3K

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Plot summary

An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the local prostitute with whom he is infatuated.

Director

Jules Dassin Photo
Jules Dassin

Top cast

Melina Mercouri Photo
Melina Mercouri as Ilya
Titos Vandis Photo
Titos Vandis as Giorgos
Jules Dassin Photo
Jules Dassin as Homer Thrace
Despo Diamantidou Photo
Despo Diamantidou as Despo
720p.WEB
851.95 MB
1188*720
Greek 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 34

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by suedoise-761-21972 8 / 10

A fable about freedom

Reviewed by Holdjerhorses 8 / 10

Mercouri = Magic

No one else in the history of cinema became a star in America playing a sexpot at the age of 40. Melina Mercouri did. "Never on Sunday" is why.Aided immeasurably by Manos Hadjidakis' unforgettable score (you're probably already humming the theme) and Jules Dassin's story, Mercouri's incredible presence stole the show -- and hearts worldwide.Dassin is perfect in what would be the "nebbish" role, were he Jewish. The Greeks have, perhaps, 27 words for "nebbish" as they do for "love." Dassin brilliantly inhabits one of them.Rarely has the energy and life force of a particular time and place been so economically and delightfully captured on film.There's a reason "Never on Sunday" is a legend and part of every serious film lover's collection. Once you've seen it, you'll know.
Reviewed by Boyo-2 7 / 10

Mercouri is Dazzling

Melina Mercouri takes an often-played role - the 'Whore with a Heart of Gold who Loves Life Despite It All' - and makes it her career-defining movie role, and she is the entire reason to watch the movie. Fiercely independent, sexually progressive, not spending her life trying to find the perfect man and gorgeous, she's a force of life. Jules Dassin has directed a great movie but he should have hired an actor to play Homer, and not played it himself. He almost ruins all the charm the movie has going for it with his ineffective acting, bad line readings and stupid motivations. A better actor might have found a way around the rough spots but Dassin magnifies them. Mercouri probably should have won Best Actress that year, but who can beat a Liz Taylor death scare? Plus Simeone Signoret had won Best Actress the year before, and Sophia Loren would win the following year..you don't want to upset icons like Louella Parsons, Frank Sinatra and John Wayne by giving ALL the Oscars to foreigners, do you?? Maybe the fact that she does not die at the end was too much..we all know the odds of longevity for a hooker in a Hollywood movie. Taylor met that criteria, as if she needed to help her own odds after almost dying of pneumonia. Worth watching for sure. 8/10.
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