

Medusa
1998-11-15 · 87 min · ★ 5.8
In this wry retelling of the ancient Medusa myth, strange, clothed statues of men are appearing all over Greece. Only Perseus, a leader of a gang of modern Athenian thieves, with a strange childhood, holds the answer to the mystery--and it has something to do with beautiful, long-haired women in black. One night his group breaks into the house of one such creature. Filled with low-key humor and suspense, Medusa unfolds in a simple and tantalizing way
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- Directors
- George Lazopoulos
- Production companies
- Stone Productions
- Countries
- Greece
- Status
- Released
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Eleni FiliniMedousa
Vana RambotaKatia
Frosso LitraChristina
Babis HatzidakisPolice Officer A
Arto ApartianMonk
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