Maiden's Cheek

Original title: To xylo vgike apo ton Paradeiso

1959
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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Dimitris Papamichael and Aliki Vougiouklaki in Maiden's Cheek (1959)

Comedy Romance

A young idealist scholar at an all-girls boarding school comes face to face with the institution's privileged students. Will they learn a thing or two about respect? Can a little discipline ... Read allA young idealist scholar at an all-girls boarding school comes face to face with the institution's privileged students. Will they learn a thing or two about respect? Can a little discipline pave the way for a fresh whirlwind romance?A young idealist scholar at an all-girls boarding school comes face to face with the institution's privileged students. Will they learn a thing or two about respect? Can a little discipline pave the way for a fresh whirlwind romance?

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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Featured review

8/10

Cute film, interesting comment on the times (late 50s) in Greece

Quite a cute film, amusing and engaging. Good social comment on the times in Greece in the late 50s. Excellent music by Hadjidakis with quite a few hit songs at the time. The Vougiouklaki/Papamichael success story had its beginnings here and was an example of a film romance that led to a real life one. The film topic concerns the then "taboo" romantic association between senior high school students and their teachers. Vougiouklaki gives a suitable interpretation as the love-struck high school student infatuated with her teacher (Papamichael). Numerous comical situations follow one another, until...