Never on Sunday (1960) starring Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin. Directed by Jules Dassin. Homer Thrace (Dassin) arrives in Greece from the States, meets free-spirited prostitute Ilya (Mercouri). Ilya is happy with her carefree life, but Homer decides she must be educated, she must be reformed. He briefly succeeds, but then his plan backfires on him. The film received several Oscar nominations, including a win for Best Song. The movie is now 50 years old. Some of the magic, and some of the shock value, has been lost. The subtitles are very good -- even though the film is multilingual, the captions never miss a beat. One quibble: The songs, in Greek, are not subtitled. Grade: B
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