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
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:11 The CISTERN"
00:04:52 As for you, I'm telling Evangelis and he'll fix you.
00:09:34 An assistant is tied to a spinning wheel...
00:12:42 Where were you?
00:15:31 And you do nothing about it!
00:22:24 Nor am I going to keep arguing with you.
00:27:25 Now where were we?
00:31:02 It took ten hours to dress him.
00:33:24 It's true...
00:35:55 Take the scarf.
00:44:08 Shut your eyes and say a silent prayer for Verios.
00:48:37 No, it's got vanilla.
00:52:58 I want you to promise me something.
00:56:24 and reappear in another room.
01:00:14 I know something's wrong.
01:07:24 Pericles, have you gone mad?
01:09:51 "Women no longer shed tears over things that you do...
01:12:41 ~ It's that old bag's fault. ~ Whose?
01:17:40 "For wealthy tobacco merchants, the staff is ill-trained."
01:21:38 My friend Lady Ascot from Chelsea visited me last week.
01:23:53 Let me look at you.
01:27:27 but you'll be the best cook.
01:32:48 Don't talk. Don't talk.
01:41:50 "May sharks and moray eels eat me up,...