The Cistern
2001 · 110 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 223 VOTES · DIR. Christos Dimas
Overview
In 1974, a group of 11-year-old boys spend the last carefree summer of their childhood, unaware that the world of grown-ups, with its loves, passions, prejudices and curses, is about to seal their fate. Aaron, Stelios, Sakis, Galanos and Verios, ""the acrobats"", are best friends. School has closed for the summer holidays and the children spend their time playing games, running errands, and riding their bikes. Life is a game, into which they channel all their physical energy and imagination. They practice their diving abilities in a big cistern. It is a game through which their special talents and competitive spirit unfold. One is good at balancing acts, another at diving and another at somersaults. It is in this neighborhood that Aaron will spend the most important summer of his life: a rite of passage from childhood to adolescence, a time for learning about love, jealousy and friendship.
Dialogue Timeline — 749 lines
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00:00:11 The CISTERN"
00:04:52 As for you, I'm telling Evangelis and he'll fix you.
00:09:41 then he throws sharp knives at the assistant.
00:12:43 Out with it! Where?
00:15:46 Would you like some more, Aaron?
00:22:33 When our mother left us orphaned.
00:27:36 then add cloves, cinnamon, sesame seeds,...
00:31:12 In this heat, they must be buried right away,...
00:33:39 Science has put us through enough.
00:36:11 ~ Thanks, Aunt Soso. ~ That's what aunts are for.
00:45:14 Three...Two...One...
00:49:04 You have her eyes.
00:53:15 Not like that, the proper way.
00:57:04 You gave them to all of us!
01:02:24 What time are you meeting?
01:07:41 Pericles, come in. We don't want everyone to hear!
01:10:58 Who's been rolling pastry?
01:13:06 Her curses again!
01:18:10 OK, I'm sorry about Reza.
01:22:09 and refreshing bergamot.
01:25:28 Aren't you sick of tormenting Sakis?
01:28:15 "I have so regretted all those years I wasted.
01:36:21 ~ Has he come up? ~ No.
100:00:00 ~ And does he pay it?