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The Summer with Carmen

6.5(32)20231h 46m1

While having a day-long swim at Athens’ queer beach, best friends Demosthenes and Nikitas recall the events of a recent summer in the prospect of turning them into a screenplay for Nikitas’ feature debut.

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Greek
  • beach
  • athens, greece
  • lgbt
  • queer
  • gay theme

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  • IndiaIN

    • PremiereJio MAMI Film Festival28 Oct 2023
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1828 Feb 2025
    • PhysicalBlu-ray & DVD31 Mar 2025
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereMardi Gras Film Festival24 Feb 2024
    • PremiereMelbourne Queer Film Festival16 Nov 2024
    • PremiereGeelong Pride Film Festival3 May 2025
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalFestival Chéries Chéris23 Nov 2023
    • Theatrical19 Jun 2024
    • TVCiné+ OCS26 Sept 2024
  • GermanyDE

    • TheatricalQueerfilmfestival5 Sept 2024
  • GreeceGR

    • TheatricalThessaloniki Film Festival4 Nov 2023
    • Theatrical (limited)13 Jun 2024
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereMostra del Cinema di Venezia2 Sept 2023
    • PremiereVie del Cinema Milano23 Sept 2023
  • SwitzerlandCH

    • TheatricalSuisse romande19 Jun 2024
    • TheatricalDeutschschweiz1 Aug 2024
  • TaiwanTW

    • PremiereGolden Horse Fantastic Film Festival12 Apr 2024

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The Summer with Carmen was released on 4 November 2023.

Audience reviews

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  • B

    Brent Marchant

    9/18/2024

    6/10

    The movie-within-a-movie narrative is a popular cinematic storytelling approach, but, to my knowledge, writer-director Zacharias Mavroeidis’s fourth feature outing is the first film to make use of it in the LGBTQ+ genre. This endearing gay comedy-drama tells the story of two long-time best friends, Demosthenes (Yorgos Tsiantoulas), a former actor-turned civil servant, and Nikitas (Andreas Labropoulos), a former actor…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    7/3/2025

    6/10

    If you watch an heap of gay cinema, especially from South America, then this kind of story isn’t really that novel. There are plenty where hunky heroes like “Demos” (Yorgos Tsiantoilas) has a best mate “Nikitas” (Andreas Labropoulos)  - who is obviously quite keen on his pal who doesn’t really reciprocate in the way he wants, and who takes advantage of the local nudist beach and fairly vibrant gay community to get na…

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