Weaknesses(1969)
Stefanos struggles alone to succeed in life, but hides his fears about the uncertain future from the girl he loves, Anna. When he is called up for further training in the army, Anna is seduced by a friend of his, Dimitris, becomes pregnant, and gives her illegitimate daughter up for adoption to a childless couple. Afterwards, realizing her mistake, she chooses to disappear from his life and leaves Greece. Stefanos attributes her departure to his financial situation. A few years later, when Anna returns, she learns of the death of her daughter's adoptive parents and takes her in. She also meets Stefanos, who has since overcome his financial difficulties, and together they realize that the main reason for their separation was their social environment, as well as a temporary and human, but nevertheless fatal, weakness.
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Stefanos struggles alone to succeed in life, but hides his fears about the uncertain future from the girl he loves, Anna. When he is called up for further training in the army, Anna is seduced by a friend of his, Dimitris, becomes pregnant, and gives her illegitimate daughter up for adoption to a childless couple. Afterwards, realizing her mistake, she chooses to disappear from his life and leaves Greece. Stefanos attributes her departure to his financial situation. A few years later, when Anna returns, she learns of the death of her daughter's adoptive parents and takes her in. She also meets Stefanos, who has since overcome his financial difficulties, and together they realize that the main reason for their separation was their social environment, as well as a temporary and human, but nevertheless fatal, weakness.
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