Synopsis
An American in Greece becomes infatuated with a prostitute...
From the Back Cover
She's Greek, she's gorgeous, she's Melina Mercouri in the film that made her an international star. "Never on Sunday" is also the movie that had Americans dancing in the aisles to the infectious, authentic Greek music featured throughout the film.
Mercouri stars as Illia, the most popular whore of Pirasus. Whimsical as she is beautiful, Illia thinks nothing of ripping off her clothes to dash into the water for a refreshing afternoon swim. Although her clients include nearly every able-bodied man in town, none pursue Illia as ardently as Tonio, who truly loves the whore and dreams of making her his own one day. Enter Homer, an American self-styled philosopher, who has come to Greece to discover the true meaning of happiness. Instead, he discovers Illia. When she rescues Homer from a misunderstanding with a slightly drunken native, he is immediately smitten. Discovering the joy Illia takes in the Greek tragedies of Sophocles (though in her version, all the plays end happily and "they all go to the seashore"), he decides to educate her, hoping that she will abandon her street-walking.
Pygmalion with a twist of ouzo, "Never on Sunday" is an intoxicating treat any day of the week!
