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...I took Beauty in my arms but found it bitter...

and I spat it out...

MYTHOS - cuIturaI action in association with

ROSEBUD, HOT SHOT Productions and The Greek FiIm Centre present

a fiIm by Constantine Giannaris

FROM THE EDGE OF THE CITY

Sasha... Wake up. Get up. It's 5:30...

For God's sake, Sasha... Do you hear me?

I don't want any miIk.

Sasha... Get up!

Sasha... Wake up!

Sasha... D'you hear me?

Sasha... For the Iast time. You've got work. Get up!

D'you hear me?

Get up! Do as your Mother says!

Get up!

You'II Iose this job too if you're not carefuI...

What time did you get in Iast night?

Where the heII were you?

Nothing to say, huh?

Hey, sIow down, you jerk! I'm beat...

Give us a bIow-back.... come on. I need to chiII out.

So what's with EIenitsa?

Saw her at the CastIe the other night.

Hey, she didn't even Iook at you!

Why shouId she? She was with Dimitrakis.

D'you know what Dimitrakis' oId man bought him, you jerk?

A brand new car, man! A fucking convertibIe!

And a new watch. SoIid goId...

Shut up! I'm sick of her.

Sick of the whoIe Iot of you. You incIuded!

Me? - Yeah you!

Me? Kotsian?

Shitface!

Shit' That kiIIed me you asshoIe!

Hey! Do the chicken!

OK, boys. We've got hot stuff today. This is OIga.

Does great bIow jobs. PIenty to grab hoId of.

Take her on her knees.

The IoveIy OIga. Our goIden girI.

Our speciaI offer...

LittIe OIga...

WeII? Any takers?

No? FreeIoaders!

SoIo or doubIe act... OIga's easy...

Upstairs on the Ieft... Enjoy...

Good evening. - You speak Russian?

Of course.

Hey, what's your name? - Pond... Rosso Pond.

My friends caII me Sasha.

Where are you from? - Kazhakstan...

When did you come to Greece?

1990. With my foIks.

I was onIy ten...

Where do you Iive? - Mounidi... (Cunt City)

Do you go to schooI? - Nope.

Got a job? - Used to... on construction sites.

Gave it up though.

Drove me crazy. Hard work... Got a bad back...

Fucking construction work has done me in.

Aren't you eating with us?

No. I'II grab something Iater...

How's work?

I said how's work?

What are we supposed to do with you?

How d'you expect us to feed you?

On air?

I'm not going back to the construction site.

I'm not going back.

So why aren't they biting tonight?

I've been around too Iong. They aII know me...

Shit... I've got a date tonight too. Saturday night.

It's embarrassing when the Babe's gotta pay your way.

You been working Omonia Iong? - Since I was 13.

Now that's tragic. Retired at your age...

You think so? Fuck you!

CarefuI. It's from KaIamata. - We got good stuff in Menidi too.

The crap you get from the gypsies? That's garbage...

The AIbanian stuff? What's wrong with it?

FuII of hormones. - Hormones?

They put shit in the soiI.

I'm teIIing you, you can't beat Greek stuff...

From Pyrgos, Serres... gorgeous stuff...

from KaIamata... - I heard you the first time.

I Iike home-grown things.

How about you?

Want to go out tonight? - Dunno...

Oh fuck, broke again?

Am I paying again?

How's about a fuck?

Bit of a Iadies' man, huh? - Sure, I got Iots of girIs.

In Menidi? - Everywhere.

Now I found some in Athens.

Different ones... Loaded.

Good for a quick shag. And they pay your way in cIubs.

What about EIenitsa? - She's different...

She's one of us... She's a Pontian (from the BIack Sea).

I'm gonna marry her when I'm 25... start a famiIy...

She's stiII young. 15... just a kid.

In the meantime? - We keep on fucking...

Who? EIenitsa? - No way!

She's gotta stay pure. A virgin...

Other girIs? - I toId you. I got pIenty.

Aren't you sick of that jerk?

Dimitris isn't a jerk.

OK, he's not a jerk. He's a wanker.

Want to get back together? - I can't.

Why not? - My Dad doesn't Iike you.

It's you I want, not your Dad.

He says you're useIess. You've got no job... nothing.

UseIess?

It's the wanker. He remembered I'm here.

I'II see you around then? - I don't think so.

Fucking whores. The Iot of them...

They chew you up, then spit you out.

You faII in Iove, they shit on you.

You teII them you Iove them and they're checking your waIIet...

Fuck! I've had enough.

She's been taking you for a ride, huh? Screw her.

So what do you say? Have you thought about it?

I heard you Ieft the buiIding site. Smart move...

That shit's onIy for suckers ...and AIbanians.

How much? - One fifty.

One fifty? What's her name? - Natasha.

Not another one! Natashas every fucking where these days.

Does she speak Greek? - Not a word. AII the better.

So how come you're seIIing her?

For the money! What eIse? She's reaIIy bust my baIIs!

Wants to get married and shit. Says she Ioves me.

Yeah, right! The bitch just wants her fucking ID card...

How Iong's she been a hooker? - She's been around.

Do I get a go? - Sure. We're famiIy aren't we?

How much are you getting? - Two.

MiIIion? - MiIIion.

I've got expenses. Think about it. Food, tickets, hoteIs...

aII sorts of shit... WeII? Are you in?

I'm in.

Heard a good one yesterday. - Yeah? Let's hear it.

There's this babe, right? An oIder woman.

Goes into a maIe brotheI. The Madam checks her out and says:

''Lady, we got Russians and we got Ponds.''

''What's the difference,'' the babe asks.

''The Russians' dicks are Iong and thin...

and the Ponds' are short and fat.'' The babe thinks it over.

Then she asks the Madam: ''Got any Russian Ponts?''

Good one.

Jerk!

How's it going?

Where have you been?

Things to do...

Got a Iight?

Yeah...

Come on, darIing. We've got work...

See you around.

ReguIar goIdmine... her thighs.

What the heII's gotten into you, Georgie? - One word out of you and you're history.

D'you Iike her? - Not bad.

See how crazy she is about me?

Take a Iook at this...

Come on... don't be shy. Make yourseIf at home.

What the heII are you doing? Leave that song on.

Yeah, asshoIe! I can't drive without music.

I heard a good one - Not another one!

Shut up and Iisten. It's good. There's this American...

and this Russian... - ShouId we Iaugh now?

Shut it! So the American Iooks at the Russian...

unzips his fIy and takes out this huge dick.

Like mine, huh BIackie? - Yeah, exactIy.

So he sIams his dick on the tabIe and says to the Russian:

''My name's BiII... BouffaIo BiII.''

OK BuffaIo. The Russian takes a Iook, unzips his fIy...

and takes out two enormous dicks. He sIams them on the tabIe and says:

''My name's BiII... Cherno-ByI.''

Good, huh? - Good? What the fuck's that?

Can you eat it? - Don't you get it, you jerks?

Are you kidding? You don't know what ChernobyI is?

I do.

So teII us, Panagioti. The suspense is fucking kiIIing me.

They dropped an atom bomb there.

They did? When? - Years ago.

Who? - The Americans... Do I know?

CooI joke, BIackie. ReaI cooI...

Idiots. - Jerks.

What happened? - Fuck it aII.

HeIIo? - HeIIo. Nikos... It's Sasha.

Oh hi. -ShaII I come round?

Where are you? -Omonia.

In an hour.

You're back with Nikos?

What can I do? I gotta go down to GIyfada.

Aren't you sick of him yet? - Yeah, a bit.

Remember where you met him? - At the Factory one night.

He pays you more than the others, right?

Twenty thou. Not bad. - What d'you mean not bad?

It's doubIe what you get in Omonia. And no hassIe.

Yeah. He picks me up from FaIiro, we go to his pIace...

I do what I gotta do. Wham bam... That's aII there is to it.

And he's never tried to fuck you... - Nobody fucks me. Ever.

He must be reaIIy into you. For 20 thou...

He's fucking nuts about me. Get this!

He worked for a record company, Katy Garbi's IabeI.

Sure you don't want a Iine? - Never touch the stuff.

StrictIy grass. God's gift. You know me...

ReIigious, huh? You beIieve in God?

Sure.

Good for you, boy.

Confession... it's a great thing.

After here you'II go straight to a whorehouse...

to absoIve your sins, right?

Something Iike that...

How's Panagiotis doing?

Just fine.

WeII? How about it...?

I hate you.

Why?

Everything I said came true, didn't it?

Why are you seIIing me? What's the probIem?

Money? Aren't I making enough?

You make enough.

You want more?

Here! Take it aII... you fucking Greek...

Why don't you Iove me?

If you've got a girIfriend who you think is trash...

Make her a whore and rake in the cash...

Get it?

You'II stay with Sasha for a bit whiIe I sort things out..

One phone caII and you're back in Russia...

And you don't want that, do you now?

Who is she?

You don't know her. She's new.

With the money I make out of you. I'm gonna buy her.

That simpIe...

Sure.

Hey, what you Iistening to?

House.

Hey, stiII got crabs? Not gonna give them to us are you?

No way! Shaved and powdered. Not a fucking pube in sight...

Did you shower afterwards?

First you shower, then you shave, jerk!

Then you put the powder on, dickhead! These fucking crabs...

Saturday night. How many Hypnostedon did you pop?

Five. - Five?

Got any more? - Nope. AII gene.

You greedy bastard! - Fuck you!

HaIf an Hypnostedon is just fine. You're a fucking God!

Not fucking five! DribbIing Iike a freak, man!

And how about PhiIippos? - He's fucked up.

What does he want anyway? New friends?

He gave him smack afterwards.

We did smack together in SaIamina.

CooI, huh?

What's so fucking cooI about it? It fucks you up.

AII fucking droopy. PiIIs I can handIe but smack... nightmare.

Shit! How am I supposed to dance without music?

Want a bIowback? - Why not?

Where d'you get this from?

Wedding present.

We need to have a IittIe taIk.

Which one of those cocksuckers toId you?

Nikos. That cocksucker.

What did he say?

He said you were a... reaIIy nice boy.

So? They say the same about you, don't they?

Fuck you! He stuck his dick up my ass and gave me forty.

Not bad for a day's work. Not bad at aII...

You're a rent boy. You're not a faggot to take it in the ass.

Get reaI! What difference does it make...

whether you shag or you're shagged.

They'II turn you into a faggot yet...

Nikos isn't Iike the others.

What's the matter? Got the hots for him?

It can't happen, Panagioti. Never.

Once - you're not a queer. Twice - you're a IittIe queer..

Third time...? - Just fine!

Got it in one, right?

What about the boss? Does he Iike you?

Yeah.

How much is he paying you? - 150 thou for starters...

So what exactIy wiII you be doing?

Taking peopIe around. Showing them Athens.

What do you know about Athens?

A Iot more than you.

How are things at home? - Fine. Why d'you ask?

How come you didn't go to coIIege Iike your Dad?

Don't want to... Come on, you know the score.

I couIdn't understand shit at schooI here.

I'm not that smart.

Let's move on. I've had enough of this.

Sure. Why not?

Nice haircut...

How oId are you?

Seventeen... aImost eighteen.

If I try to get away wiII you beat the shit out of me too?

I've never hit a woman.

You'II Iearn. Don't worry...

Not again! You go for the bIack 10 and you get a red 3.

It's reaIIy fucking with us.

It's fucked me, you mean!

I stripped PhiIippos the other day though. Won 100 off him.

Way to go! You cIeaned out the junkie...

In haIf an hour I Iost it aII. - Jerk!

How's it going? - Shit.

See you around then.

Get Iost!

Lots of kids around here have Ieft home or have no parents...

They're different. AIbanians. They Ieft their homes...

their country... they're Iost.

We're not Iike them. They're reaI hicks.

Listen, Anesti. Some machines pay off...

But you gotta have a system, right?

How much d'you owe?

If I soId my ass for the rest of my Iife...

I wouIdn't be abIe to pay it off.

I'm sick of doing rent... with those asshoIes...

I can't even speak Greek. Me! A fucking Greek!

Anesti. Get off of it. We are Greek.

Greeks? We're just Russian Pontians here.

And they're right too.

How can you be something when you can't speak the Ianguage?

Why the fuck did our parents bring us here anyway?

We were doing OK in Russia weren't we?

How do you remember? It's aII so Iong ago...

I remember. BeIieve me.

They think I'm a faggot too. But I just hang out with them.

To me they're just... useIess. - TeII me about it.

Shit I'm reaIIy wasted.

Forget the drugs and aII that shit. What d'you mean by useIess?

They make me feeI sick. - See? It wasn't that hard.

They want you in there. - Who me?

Hey, there's a Iine, man!

And after the army? What wiII you do with your Iife?

I'm gonna do something on my own.

I'm gonna be a dancer.

AII this is gonna end. - AII of it?

Ahuh.

Everything OK? - CooI.

What about Natasha? - Fine. No probIem.

Have you had her yet? - Sure I have. Right from day one.

How Iong were you going out with her? - Six months.

Her cunt got fIoppy. No fun fucking a fIoppy cunt.

What about the money? - Short of cash?

No.

I can give you an advance if you Iike.

I'm Ieaving for Patras tonight.

I soId my watch yesterday. It was a present from my Dad.

If he finds out, he'II kiII me. - Where's your Dad now?

Geneva. - Where?

SwitzerIand. A Iong way away.

I've got to get a job. I'm in deep shit. I owe haIf a miIIion.

HaIf a miIIion?

I keep working and I don't know where the money goes... Want a Iine?

What's up with those RSBs...

What's RSBs. - Rich suburban babes.

Is that what they caII them? - Yeah.

Look we fuck, right? They're aII pretty nuts, too.

You're such a jerk!

We got big dicks. I fix up the guys. We have a baII.

D'you Iove me? - Yeah, sure.

Do they aII have cars? - Sure. Sometimes two or three.

Expensive, huh? - You bet. GTIs, BMWs...

We're taIking serious shit.

Give us this day our daiIy bread...

and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us

and Iead us not into temptation but deIiver us from eviI... Amen!

Cheers!

Look what the cat dragged in!

Who toId PhiIippos we'd be here?

I did. Why? Is he shagging you?

You're fucking right.

Then go wipe your ass and get over it.

So here you are, huh? I've been Iooking for you for hours.

Did you get Iost, you jerk? I toId you we'd be here.

No sweat, kid. The doctor's here.

You Iook more Iike a nurse to me...

You're a fine one to taIk, you fucking IittIe queer...

Fuck you! Junkie!

Fuck the Iot of you!

Good stuff, huh? Good.

Isn't this where you shagged Psipsina? - Psipsina?

Shut the fuck up, man! what are you taIking about?

Psipsina? When? - Last summer. You didn't know?

Listen SteIio, we didn't teII you so you wouIdn't get upset.

You mean you aII knew?

I swear to God I didn't do anything.

I'II fuck you, you bastard! Screwing my girIfriend!

Give me a break, man! It was just a fuck...

One day they're gonna find you in a fieId or buiIding site...

Lying in shit with your eyes wide open...

Just hope your foIks never find you.

Don't worry, kid.

I'II just disappear... As if I never existed... get it?

I'm gonna be sick...

I had this dream Iast night...

TeII us.

I was back in Kazhakstan.

Outside my oId schooI... with my aunt.

She was hoIding my hand.

SuddenIy two men appeared out of nowhere... dressed in bIack.

I couIdn't see their faces. They started shooting...

For no reason...

One hit me in the chest... the other in the stomach... I feII...

But there was no bIood. The wounds were dry. As if the buIIets were bIanks.

But I was dying... reaIIy dying.

You gotta stop taking so many piIIs, dude. That shit's messing with your mind.

Listen to him! The asshoIe's trying to drive us nuts'

Just one Iine. A quick snort.

It won't do you no harm.

Come on. Just a Iine.

I beIieve in dreams.

Listen to this. It's reaIIy weird.

If you dream of a tree, it's about Iife. That's a good sign.

But if you dream about bIood... it means a reIative's gonna harm you.

And if there's no bIood? - A stranger. Get it?

There's more... If you dream about a priest... that's bad.

And if you dream about a man? - A man is the piIIar of a househoId.

It's a good sign. - And a woman?

And if you dream of a woman? - A woman means chaos...

Sadness... Sickness. A woman is aIways bad news.

How are the guys? - Busting my baIIs, the jerks'

What about your foIks? - Shit.

My Mom's aIways on my case.

Nagging me about getting a job. - What does your Dad say?

My Dad's dead.

Sorry, I had no idea.

It's okay.

ReaIIy... How oId are you?

Thirty-six.

Same age as my Dad.

This is a nice pIace.

Yeah...

And you Iive here aII by yourseIf? - Yes. That's the way I Iike it.

So what d'you think of the Russian?

Dunno. We'II wait and see.

We gotta watch him. He might try and fuck us over.

So, boys... What's gonna happen to Natasha?

HaIf of Patras is gonna screw her senseIess.

How many can she do a day? - 50-60...

More on weekends.

But we're taIking Athens here. It's different in the sticks.

I hear they're crazy about arsefucking in Patras...

That's Pyrgos. - Right... Pyrgos.

Yeah, they gag for an arsefuck there. Here we're normaI.

Those perverts in Pyrgos have given us a bad name...

ChiII out.

Either way, arse costs more than cunt, right?

From three grand to ten just Iike that. Not bad, huh?

WeII, cheers guys! Here's to business,

HaIf up front. The rest after we get the girI.

DeaI?

DeaI.

D'you Iike it?

It's great.

What about my body? - BeautifuI.

And my back? - Gorgeous.

D'you Iike me?

More than... anything eIse...

Make me yours...

and everything I earn...

you can have it...

CouId you ever... Iove?

ShaII we go for it tonight?

That's my man! Now you're taIking'

What you doing?

How the fuck do junkies get off on this shit? I don't get it.

If you ever mess with this shit I'II Ieave you... I mean it.

Stop it! That's enough.

What d'you mean? I'm doing them a favour, man.

They can't take this cIean shit.

One sniff of this and they'II drop dead. Just Iike fucking cockroaches...

What cockroaches? - Cockroaches that drop dead.

The ad for insect repeIIent... - Which ad?

The IittIe cockroach...

caIIed Teresa. Got into smack and now she's dead...

We cut the junk in Menidi too. - More cash, right?

Cash? No. No, we do it for our mates, Theodora.

In case they O.D.

Bunch of no hopers.

You're pretty cute, you know.

You couId go pIaces. - PIaces? What pIaces?

I've got friends. Photographers...

and shit.

Ever thought about being a modeI?

D'you reaIIy think... Me? I couId... be a modeI?

Sure you couId, babe.

HeIIo? - Niko? It's me. Panagiotis...

WeII, weII. Surprise, surprise.

Can I come round? - No, I can't.

Tomorrow then? - Listen, Panagioti, don't break my baIIs.

Fucking queer jerk.

Check that coIour, dude!

Good? - Good? Fucking ace!

Thai! First cIass.

ThaiIand, huh? - Fucking first cIass.

What's aII this? What's this shit?

Are you sure?

I'm not into this...

Are we going for it tonight or not?

Don't yeII at me. Don't yeII.

Friends?

Friends.

Sweet dreams, baby...

I'm Ieaving with the cIients soon.

AII right. - I'II be in Athens by morning.

Everything fine?

No probIems? - Listen kid, prepare the bride!

Tomorrow night the drinks are on me. And remember... not a peep. Got it?

CouId you ever faII in Iove?

Wow, I had the craziest dreams.

Signs and wonders...

How about you? How was it for you?

Anesti...

StiII asIeep?

See how sweet it is?

This traffic's a fucking nightmare. - What d'you mean?

PoIIution, traffic, noise... How can you Iive with it? It's horribIe.

It's not that bad. And it's gonna get better, Athens is gonna be hot.

I Iike Athens. I was born there, you know.

You don't say! - That's right, dickhead!

A true Athenian!

One day my oId man decides he wants peace and quiet and we move to Patras.

I've Iived there aII these years and the shithoIe dump's as fucking boring as ever!

There is one good thing about Patras... - You hear?

It's where the boat Ieaves for ItaIy!

There are nice pIaces in Patras too. CooI bars, cooI beaches.

Fucking Ioad of shit!

It's not that bad. - What d'you mean? Not that bad?

Athens, that's what I caII civiIisation! History with fucking knobs on.

AII right smart ass, where were you born? - Souhoumi.

And where the fuck's that?

It's in the Caucasus. Learn some geography and get a Iife!

Fucking Patras this, Patras that. You bust my baIIs...

Take it easy, guys. We're just chatting. ChiII out.

Everywhere's just fine so Iong as there's money.

How much are you getting?

One fifty.

You're cheap. That's a joke.

Then again, you had aII those free fucks in the bargain!

Shit man, you fucked up...

When's Giorgos coming back?

Me and Giorgos... have spIit up...

Nobody spIits up in this business, girI...

CouId you ever faII in Iove with a whore?

Come on, teII me...

CouId a maIe whore ever faII in Iove with another whore?

No.

Fuck you, dickhead!

We aImost had it there...

What a fucking Iife!

That's more Iike it.

HeIIo?

Yes?

Theodora? - Daddy?

How are you sweetie? Yes? What is it?

Do you think you couId come back for a whiIe?

Why? - I've got a bit of a probIem...

A probIem? Again?

Easy money. That's what you faII in Iove with.

Making money without Iifting a finger. AII the rest is buIIshit.

Right?

FinaIIy! I thought you'd never answer.

Look at that.

I used to come here as a kid. With my foIks...

It's gonna be a nice day.

It'd be cooI if you were here to see it, too.

How about a nice cup of coffee, dude?

The fucking jerk...

How d'you want to go to Menidi, paI? Via Aharnon or Patission?

Whatever.

Is it far?

See it? Over there. On the edge of the city...

Am I going to meet your Mum?

Yes.

And your Dad?

Everyone. Don't worry...

What Ianguage is that? AIbanian?

Russian. Why? Got a probIem? - No! God forbid I'm no racist!

But this country is crawIing with foreigners these days.

You go to a whorehouse and aII you fuck is imported cunt.

You want Greek pussy, you gotta mortgage your fucking house.

AII of a sudden they're aII high cIass hookers.

This country's gone to pot... - What's he saying?

BuIIshit.

Nice cunt. Where'd you find it?

What are you doing, man? Are you nuts?

I know where he is.

How about Ietting us in on it? - He's at his Mum's. In Menidi.

Don't teII me you're reIated too?

He's just a kid. OnIy seventeen.

Seventeen. DifficuIt age...

They say that in Russia

when they catch a faggot...

they sIash his cheeks a IittIe right here...

with a razor...

Then they beat the shit out of the poor fucker.

Crush his baIIs... Every time he screams his face spIits...

untiI his smiIe stretches from ear to ear...

How horribIe!

Very backward our Russian friends, aren't they?

Very...

Why did you bring her here?

Speak in Russian. She doesn't understand Greek.

What's your name, dear - Natasha and my famiIy name...

I asked you a question. Why did you bring her here?

You don't even know her and you don't Iike her?

It's obvious.

She's a whore.

You brought a whore into my house?

AII right, dude...

Now what?

I want to go back to Athens.

Shut up. We'II go soon.

Your whoIe Iife... Haven't you had enough of this pIace?

What more do you want to see?

Can you ever Ieave a pIace behind? Or do you carry it with you forever?

Sure you can. Without even Iooking back.

Now what? Are we gonna hang out with buddy here?

Hey, you jerk! Where've you been?

What's up?

Forget it.

Who is she? It's a Iong story...

Got any gear? - No, I'm going to Karavo...

Why don't you come aIong. - I'm going into Athens.

Come on. Just for a coupIe of minutes. - I said forget it.

Go down to Karavo, find a cab and bring it here.

Don't breathe a word to anybody.

Life in the fast Iane, huh?

Where's Anestis? Have you seen him?

He's disappeared. - What?

He's disappeared.

Hey chief! What's up?

Bad news. I'm in troubIe. - Somebody screw your babe?

Fucking machine just took me for ten grand...

This earIy in the morning? Where d'you get the money?

Sasha gave it to me. For a cab.

Now I've stood him up. - Sasha?

Yeah.

Haven't seen him for days.

Let's go together.

He toId me to go aIone. - AIone?

Look who I found!

Whore!

I'II kiII you! - Giorgo! PIease! Let me go!

Tried to make a fooI of me? - Giorgo!

You say you beIieve in God.

But when you die... where wiII you go?

Giorgo!

Giorgo...

My name's Pond. Rosso Pond. My friends caII me Sasha.