"The company Orestis Laskos Giannis Karatzopoulos and Dimitris Raptidis present the greek movie" "Daphnis and Chloe" "A film adaptation of Longus's ancient bucolic romance" "Starring:" "Loucy Matli and Apollon Marsyas" "Cast:" "Written and directed by Orestis Laskos" "In Lesbos withn the green valleys, the picturesque beaches and the shady mountainsides" "Where the goat footed Pan plays the pipes this ancient bucolic romance takes place" "Their games, words and caresses where innocent and childlike" "Time was passing lightheartedly like that until a warm morning of May when Chloe while seeing Daphnis naked was stung for the first time by Cupid's arrow" "For the first time she sees how beutiful Daphnis is." "Thinking that water makes him even more beautiful she goes to wet her hair in order to become beautiful as well, just like Daphnis" "But she is not satisfied with the reflection of her naked body on the water" "Why are you sitting here so sad Chloe?" "Why has your mood changed?" "What's wrong?" "Do you want me to play something?" "Once again she finds him beautiful and thinks that music makes him even more beautiful" "She wants to appear beautiful in Daphnis's eyes" "What's wrong?" "Are you crying?" "Hello Dorkon." "How are you?" "Long time no see" "I went to the city." "I came back the day before yesterday" "Wait." "I want to suggest something..." "You know very well that I like Chloe too" "We are going to let her choose one of us as her companion" "Listen Chloe." "We arranged with Daphnis that you should choose one of us as your companion" "We can't do it otherwise." "With a kiss you will show us your choice." "Do you agree?" "You." "Get up." "What are your qualifications?" "I'm older than Daphnis." "I'm a cattle shepherd and he is a goat herder." "I'm better as oxen are better than goats." "So choose me, because I'm white as milk and blonde like the hay ready for scything." "He is young, hairless as a woman and dark-skinned like a wolf." "He herds goats and stinks terribly and if he, as they say, was breastfed by a goat, he is no different than a goat" "just like Zeus, I was raised by a goat and I don't stink just like Pan doesn't stink." "I turn goats bigger than his oxen." "I'm hairless like Hyacinth, dark-skinned like Dionysus." "I'm handsome and he's blonde like an fox, white like a woman from the city and bearded like a goat." "Kiss my mouth and save yourself from his facial hair." "Remember, my virgin, that you are beutiful." "You were raised by a sheep and for that you are as beautiful as the Nymphes" "This is all I wanted to tell you and now you can choose whoever you want." "But that kiss was not just a kiss but a spark that lit the flame of love inside Daphnis's heart" "On this spring night, the Nymphes were singing love's song under the moonlight" "He is in pain but he doesn't know the reason because just like Chloe" "He doesn't know Cupid's name and the games he plays" "Lord Dionysofanis along with his wife Cleareti, his son Astylas and his followers arrived at Daphnis's village" "Daphnis's beauty amazes them" "But someone challenges his excellence" "Astylas, a pheasant" "You old monkey, I'll have you whipped." "How dare you mock a Lord's son like me" "Forgive me my boy and I'll never do it again." "I swear on my beauty that I didn't laugh on purpose" "Here you are!" "It's time for me to show you." "You'll pay for everyhting." "If I know anything, may the 12 Gods burn me" "Astylas!" "Astylas, what's wrong?" "What happened?" "Daphnis!" "Daphnis must die" "All alone in the night, chased by the Lord's people, with his anguish as his only companion he could ease the pain of loniness only with his pastoral pipes" "Is it you that dared to hit the Lord's son?" "Who could expect that he'd die so young" "Don't cry my child." "Don't cry" "What will I do without Daphnis?" "My dear Astylas don't hesitate." "Don't feel sorry for the dog that shamed you." "Order the whipping" "Perses, come here." "Run and tell the executioner to start the whipping" "And suddenly Lamon, Daphnis's step-father, remembered that many years ago, one day when he was herding his flock saw one of his goats running and getting lost in the woods" "He followed her in order to solve the mystery." "Amazed, he found the goat nursing a baby." "He gladly took it in his arms and took it away with him with all the tokens he found there." "That baby was Daphnis." "Listen." "Go and fetch the tokens in order to save him" "My Lord, I have something important to tell you" "My Lords!" "Quickly come up." "The Lord has something important to tell you." "Come Quickly!" "My friends, I have some extraordinary news." "Something unbelievable." "Daphnis is my son." "When he was a baby, because I was poor, I left him in the woods in Gods' mercy and only kept Astylas." "Lamon found him and raised him as his own child." "Now he'll be my child and heir just like Astylas." "Let's praise the Gods and tell him these great news" "Asylas let me tell you something incredible Astylas, my child, Daphnis is your brother and my son" "Let's go and find him" "Wait!" "the Lord ordered to set him free at once" "Don't be afraid..." "Wait!" "You are my brother!" "Me?" "Your brother?" "Yes, you were my brother." "I was just told by father." "Did you hear Chloe?" "Daphnis is a young lord." "He is Dionysofanis' son." "What is wrong with her?" "Chloe, why aren't you happy?" "_Daphnis now will not deign to look at me" "Into the woods Chloe and Daphnis were running and laughing." "Lykainia, the sensuous woman from the city seeks satisfaction for her lust for beautiful Daphnis" "It's a summer evening and the hot wind caresses the young lovers." "They ask somethning from another" "Something that their souls feels but they cannot understand it" "Because until now they haven't known Cupid's name and the games he plays" "What is that?" "A grass-hopper" "Why are you sad?" "What is wrong?" "Tell me." "Listen." "You ask what's wrong." "We are in pain and we don't know why." "We don't know what's wrong." "When we are apart we cry and when we are together we want something but don't know what." "In a few words Filitas we are sick but don't know with what" "Ha ha ha." "My children, the name of your disease is love" "Love!" "And what is love?" "A bird or a child?" "What is his strenght?" "Tell us." "My children, Love is a God." "young and beautiful with wings." "And has more power than Zeus, who rules the stars and the Gods." "Who rules everything." "I saw an ox that fell in love and from it's pain it moaned." "I also loved Amarylida." "Tell us." "What did you feel when you loved Amarylida?" "My soul was hurting." "I screamed as if they were hiting me." "I was silent like a dead man" "In a few words, love is a disease." "The worst of all diseases." "But really, tell us Filitas, what is the medicine for this disease?" "There are two medicines: hugging and kissing" "Shall we try the poet's medicines?" "Let's try them" "Are you feeling any better now?" "I'm worse" "Me too" "The chance that Lykainia was waiting, now lies in her hands" "Daphnis, my little dog fell on a rock." "Can you catch it?" "You Chloe stay here and guard the sheep" "Daphnis let's rest here for a while." "Sit down next to me" "Daphnis, last night the Nymphes told me that you love Chloe" "They commanded me to teach you the games of love that you don't know." "If you don't want me to, it's fine" "This way Daphnis was taught the games of love that he longed to learn" "I'm going to show Chloe what you taught me" "Listen to me." "I have something more important to tell you, something you don't know." "Chloe is not like me." "She doesn't need to know." "She is still a virgin and only after you marry her will you teach her." "Listen to me and pay attention." "Chloe, why are you sad?" "I'll go right away to my father and tell him that I want to marry you." "Wait here." "Father, I love Chloe and I want to marry her" "Chloe?" "Who is this Chloe?" "I will never allow a Lord's son like you to marry a shepherd's daughter" "But why father?" "Because this is the rightful thing to do, and what your father says is the right thing." "My father won't allow me to marry you" "Come on my child, don't cry." "The Gods will help you." "Come on, let's go inside because I have an idea that hopefully will change everything." "May the Gods help you." "Wait here Chloe, I'll be back" "You know my Lord, Chloe is not a shepherd's daughter" "One day in the woods, my husband found by accident a little baby that was nursed by a sheep." "He gladly took it with him because he considered it to be a gift from the Gods." "He called me to show it to me." "We kept the baby and raised it as our child." "We called her Chloe." "These are the tokens we found with the baby" "Rich tokens!" "I'll try to find the parents." "Now go and don't mind." "The bitter time of separation arrives." "They swear to the God of the waves that they will love each other for ever, that they'll never forget each other and that no matter what, one day they'll be back together." "He, a Lord's son, leaves for the city, while she, a shepherds daughter, stays back alone" "Hours, days and months passed." "They pass full of loneliness and pain for the beautiful girl." "Like a dove that lost it's mate, weeps for what's is lost, maybe forever." "But he also withers in the city, just like Chloe, and even more for his lost love." "As time passed, her pain grew more and Daphnis was still far away" "Welcome Chloe my child." "How are you?" "How are things?" "Have you got any news from Daphnis?" "Not yet my child." "The time will come." "She vainly begs the God of the waves for her loved one to be back.Until one day the good news arrive." "Daphnis, Chloe's father was found!" "What are you talking about?" "Who is he?" "Megaklis, the Lord of Mitylene!" "On a dark night at the old place where their love first started, the boy in love calls for his mate to meet him, as she did before." "The restoration of the film "Daphnis and Chloe" was done by the Greek Film Archive's restoration department with the help of Orestis Laskos" "End"