Movie

Χαβάη (1995)

• January 11, 1995
• 1h 20m

• Drama

Overview

At a male brothel named "Hawaii," two trans sex workers—one younger and full of hope, the other older and disillusioned—share a tender, late-night conversation about love and the search for meaning in a world that barely acknowledges their existence. As tensions rise over the impending release of their shared pimp from prison, their fragile bond is tested. The younger believes he’ll finally be saved by love, dreaming of marriage and a better life. But the older warns him of the brutal truth: they are nothing more than commodities in a cruel system. When the pimp announces his engagement to the daughter of a rival crime boss, the younger sex worker is pushed to the edge. What follows is an unexpected act of violence that shatters their connection—and ends in a grotesque act of betrayal that turns his body into a macabre feast at the wedding dinner.

Director

Thanasis Skroumpelos

Starring

Olga Politou, Agapi Manoura, Stamatis Gardelis