The Summer with Carmen

While enjoying a slow, hot oceanside day on the edge of a cliff near a queer spot in Athens, two thirty-something besties recall the events of a previous summer with a dog named Carmen.

They brainstorm a script that aspiring filmmaker Nikitas has promised to turn in imminently. The endearing Demosthenes offers to help but as they knuckle out the details, a funny, sexy, kind-hearted feat ensues. Zacharias Mavroeidis’ charmingly meta comedy is lovingly shot on location with a fantastically cute pooch performance, and the two charming leads, Yorgos Tsiantoulas and Andreas Lampropoulos, are wholly convincing as long-time mates.