QUEEN OF THE DEUCE gets a release in Athens and Thessaloniki!
To book tickets for Astor Cinema, please click HERE.
To book tickets for Danaos Cinema, please click HERE.
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After a successful world premiere at DOC NYC, warmly received by critics and audience alike, followed by two sold out screenings at the 25th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, where the film screened in competition and won the Greek Film Critics Association Award for Best Film, QUEEN OF THE DEUCE is about to be released theatrically in Athens and Thessaloniki!
Directed by Valerie Kontakos, “Queen of the Deuce” is eager to meet audiences at Astor Cinema, Danaos Cinema 1 & 2 and Andora Cinema. The first two screenings at Astor Cinema will be introduced by a special presenter and Valerie Kontakos herself will be at hand to answer questions. In Thessaloniki, the film will screen for a full week at Stavros Tornes theatre under the auspices of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
Full details:
ATHENS SCREENINGS
Friday, March 31
22:15 | Astor Cinema (28 Stadiou St)
Director Valerie Kontakos will be in attendance. Presented by film critic and Midnight Express mastermind, Akis Kapranos.
Friday, April 7
22:15 | Astor Cinema (28 Stadiou St)
Director Valerie Kontakos will be in attendance. Presented by queer initiative Lesbians on the Verge.
Wednesday, April 12
20:00 | Danaos Cinema 1 (109 Kifisias Av.)
Wednesday, April 19
20:00 | Danaos Cinema 1 (109 Kifisias Av.)
Friday, April 21
22:15 | Astor Cinema (28 Stadiou St)
Sunday, April 23
22:20 | Andora Cinema (117 Sevastoupoleos St)
Wednesday, April 26
21:50 | Danaos Cinema 2 (109 Kifisias Av.)
Friday, April 28
22:15 | Astor Cinema (28 Stadiou St)
To book tickets for Astor Cinema, please click HERE.
To book tickets for Danaos Cinema, please click HERE.
To book tickets for Andora Cinema, please click HERE.
THESSALONIKI SCREENINGS
April 6-12 (Thursday to Wednesday)
Daily | 19:00 | Stavros Tornes Theatre (Warehouse 1, Port)
To book tickets to the Thessaloniki screenings, please click HERE.
THE FILM
From the late ’60s to the mid ’80s, in the notorious Times Square area known as the Deuce, the eccentric, Greek-born Chelly Wilson built a porn cinema empire and a reputation as one of the most savvy and charismatic figures on the scene.
With a cigarette in hand and bags of money stashed in the corner, Chelly regularly held court in her bunkerlike apartment above the legendary 8th Avenue all-male Adonis Theatre, summoning a lively cabal of associates, entertainers and fellow poker players, with her female lovers always hovering and grandchildren often underfoot. Yet few in her circle knew of the risks she took to get there.
“Queen of the Deuce” reveals Chelly’s origins as a taboo-breaking entrepreneur and traces the fraught events that lead to her departure from Europe on the eve of war, and the unconventional trajectories of her American business ventures and personal life. With the rise of feminism, the sexual revolution and gay pride in frame, Queen of the Deuce is an alternate take on cultural history as seen through Chelly Wilson’s empowering story of survival.
Watch the trailer HERE.
For more information, please visit the website: www.queenofthedeuce.com