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You can watch Ouzeri Tsitsanis (2015) for free on Kanopy.

During World War II in Greece, under the submission of Germans, one Christian, Giorgos, falls in love with a Jewish, Estrea, something completely forbidden. Can they and their families overcome all the obstacles, along with racial discriminations and hardship? The story mainly takes place in an ouzeria, in which Tsitsanis works, one of the greatest Greek composer, librettist and singer in the 20th century.

Smoke-filled taverns and the heavy shadow of Nazi occupation provide a claustrophobic backdrop for a forbidden romance between a Greek man and a Jewish woman. Amidst the clinking of ouzo glasses, the melody of Tsitsanis's music offers a fleeting, soulful refuge from the cruelty of war.