A boy's bike rides become time machines through grief.
Little Alexander lives with his father. After the Great Catastrophe he wants to visit his mother often. After all, it is the only thread which connects him with the memory from the past…
Cinematography
Desolate Greek landscapes that breathe loss.
Direction
Tzafka's restraint lets silence do the screaming.
Acting
Young Karaolis carries entire worlds in his eyes.
Director
Gabriel Tzafka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Greece's 2009 short film renaissance exploring debt crisis anxieties through family fracture.
The bicycle's repeated circular path mirrors narrative structure—no forward escape, only ritual.
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