Plot: Alexandria, Kingdom of Egypt, 1933. Intent on publishing a study on the life and work of a prominent intellectual, a young biographer visits bedridden : a Greek poet, journalist, and civil servant from Alexandria. On his 70th birthday, the gravely ill thinker skims through his biography to give his approval, and as he takes a trip down memory lane, little by little, relives the pivotal events that shaped his life
Alternative Plot: Greek poet C.P. Cavafy narrates his life story from his deathbed, from his childhood in Alexandria, to his youth in Constantinople, to his career writing about beautiful young men.
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