C. P. Cavafy

Understanding by C. P. Cavafy

Philip David Edson says this was his “first serious experimental HD movie with an extraordinary soundtrack by Alva Noto,” and characterizes the result as “dark, moody and reflective.”

For the Greek text and two more English translations, see the offical website of the Cavafy archive.

Ithaca by C. P. Cavafy

Poem by C. P. Cavafy (Kavafis)

From the 1996 film Kavafis, directed by Yannis Smaragdis

An English translation of the poem read by Sean Connery, and illustrated by cliched images in a video by babylonianman