The 1955 film "Stella", directed by Michael Cacoyannis and written by Iakovos Kambanelis, was screened at Cannes, and launched Greek cinema into its "golden age." Melina Mercouri, who starred in the film, met American expatriate director Jules Dassin at Cannes while attending the screening, and the two would eventually marry. Dassin directed the 1960 Greek film, "Never on Sunday", which starred Mercouri. The film was nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Mercouri, and won the Academy Award for Best Song for composer Manos Hatzidakis' title track. The couple also collaborated on the 1967 musical stage adaptation, "Illya Darling", for which Mercouri received a Tony Award nomination. She went on to star in such films as "Topkapi" and "Phaedra", both directed by Dassin, and the 1969 American comedy, "Gaily, Gaily".