A suitcase full of ghosts and a woman who learns love is a question, not an answer.
Irina returns to Athens after long absence to find her step-brother. Her brother's friends, an American musician, a young Russian, a heritage-suitcase of her father and a series of odd events drift her into an inner journey...
Direction
Katzourakis turns Athens into a character of longing.
Acting
Katia Gerou's silence speaks entire monologues.
Writing
That opening quote will haunt your ethics for days.
Director
Kyriakos Katzourakis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film's Greek title, 'Glykia Mnimi,' carries religious undertones of communion—fitting for a story about sacred found family.
Katzourakis was a central figure in Greek cinema's 'New Weird Wave'—this is his most accessible interrogation of national identity through foreign eyes.
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