The information said that on Tuesday 21/6 preparations for the shooting of Nia Vardalos' new film "Gamos ala Ellinika No 3" would start at the port of Rafina. After the tremendous success of the first film "Marriage in Greek No. 1" (which from a successful play in America, thanks to Tom Hanks' Greek-American wife who helped decisively in the film, became a great international success) we had the second film "Marriage in Greek No. 2" (which also gave the full picture of the life of first, second and third generation Greek-Americans) it's time for the third film of the series "Marriage in Greek No. 3"
The only difference is that the third film of the series will be shot in Greece. And as one of the typical filming locations it chooses the port of Rafina. With this information in mind we arrived around 10:45 in the morning of Tuesday 21/6 at the port. It was the exact time of the "disembarkation" from an old barge (at least 60 or 70 years old) of an equally old small post-war truck. The picture of the "ancient" barge was very impressive: flagged and dotted on the sides with dozens of wheels. An image from a past that few remember today
The old barge made the relevant manoeuvre and carefully approached the pier. It was something of a rehearsal for the "landing" that would be filmed next. Luck combined with initial information led us to arrive at the chance "rendezvous" with the "historic landing" (due to the antiquity of the small barge and the smaller truck) at the exact time of the approach. We couldn't have had better "timing". We photographed the rehearsal of the scene and gazed in awe at the way the first cars were transported to the islands 70 years ago. Small barges carried barrels of fuel and small individual vehicles. Another Greece was in front of us. A Greece that we did not experience except as an echo of other times.
The scene of the "landing" was completed with the stabilization of the barge's small catapult and the disembarkation of the old small truck. The scene concluded somewhere in there. The first photos of the "landing" in Rafina gave an insight into the third humorous film that will be shooting these days in the port of Rafina. We await with great interest the shooting in the coming days and the film at the end which will surely complete the trilogy of Nia Vardalos in an excellent way, as it seems that there will be a return to the roots of the "legendary" family of the unforgettable Gus Portokalos, to whose memory it is dedicated.
Source: First Theme
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