“Now I am very steeled, because I have also faced cancer. I have won a lot of battle with the disease”
About her childhood, the reactions she faced with her participation in the film by Theodoros Angelopoulos “The meteoric step of the stork”, but also the period when she was slandered, because she hosted two young refugees in her home, she spoke on the show “Kalytera De Ginetai » the Golden Gifts.
The actress initially referred to the decision to go abroad at a very young age, to engage in ballet: “The first battle was loneliness and running away from Greece at a very young age. At 8 in France, at 12 in Germany. I was crazy about dancing. I was exhausted. It wasn’t easy at all, just like my parents’ decision wasn’t easy either. They thought they were going to clip my wings, so it was a decision on the edge really,” he said.
Asked how she got the role in Thodoros Angelopoulos’s film “The meteoric step of the stork”, Dora Chrysikou answered: “From an ad she had placed in the newspaper and as I read it and by chance my mother’s eye fell on the description, it was as if she saw me in front of her. In fact, he took them and said “what you are looking for is my daughter”. They would definitely say “she must be some crazy mom”, but then when they saw me, they understood that she was not crazy and that I was indeed very close to what she had envisioned (s.s. Angelopoulos)”.
The film was considered anti-Christian, anti-Hellenic and pornographic and resulted in the Metropolitan of Floris excommunicating both her and the entire crew of the film. The actress said about it: “There were great stories in Florina. My grandmother had gone to get some keys and asked her “you’re not from our area, are you?”, she said “no”, “tell me this, the little girl is being raped and thrown into the river?” and my grandmother lost it and said “that little girl you’re talking about, she’s my granddaughter”. On me it was based on the essence, because it provoked the “good” morals of the believers, let’s say, that a 14-year-old fornicates. I was excommunicated with honor and pride.”
Referring to 2016 when she decided to host three young refugees in her home, Dora Chrysikou said that she did not realize the magnitude of the paraphilology that would arise: “That was the first time I was afraid and thought that this act might be risky , because I couldn’t fathom the extent of some people’s mental illness. The narrative that I took three children to sexually abuse and use them was something that broke me apart. I received phone calls and threats. There I was also afraid for myself and because I was responsible for three children.” He went on to say that “I haven’t gotten over or gotten rid of the fear, quite obviously and I’m waiting for it to “fall” on me again. I’m just very steely now, because I’ve also dealt with cancer. I have won a lot of battles with the disease.”
