On a Little Greek Island
1978, Greek. Directed by Matheo Yamalakis.
“The difference between a computer and people is absurdity”: this phrase, one of the first heard in Matheo Yamalakis’s film, is the key to a documentary that unfolds like a joyful revelation. Yamalakis was a sensitive filmmaker whose oeuvre is still largely unfamiliar to the inquiring viewer. His camera wanders around Ios in the summer of 1976, freely, almost associatively recording aspects of a Greek island perched on the cusp between a traditional, pre-modern world and a sweeping shift in mores. Therein lies the absurd, bitter comicality of this perceptive portrayal of the island’s microsociety, which covers everyone: grotesque local dignitaries, storytelling taverna jokesters, cunning small shopkeepers, naïve tourists, young women crushed by the small-mindedness of provincial life. All are woven together in the most effortless, tenderest way, crafting a kaleidoscopic portrait of the Greek archipelago, timeless in its conception and power.
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- 0h 56m
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- Greek
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- 1 January 1978
- Original title
- Σε Ένα Μικρό Ελληνικό Νησί
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On a Little Greek Island isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1978. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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On a Little Greek Island (1978) was directed by Matheo Yamalakis.