Athens 1966. Dimitris, 13, unexpectedly loses his father. Seeing his pampered mother collapse, the boy gets carried away and decides to skip childhood in order to stand by her. When he feels ready, he has to claim his mother back from an up-and-coming star of the military regime. A brutal coming-of-age story, where Dimitris reacts in vengeance, changing thus the course of Greek history...
Acting
Konstandinos Papadimitriou's terrifying stillness at 13
Direction
Tsemperopoulos frames Athens as a suffocating cage
Cinematography
That honey-drenched 1966 light hiding absolute rot
Director
Giorgos Tsemperopoulos
Konstandinos Papadimitriou
Dimitris
Alexandriani Sikelianou
Foteini
Charis Sozos
Apostolos
Ieroklis Michaelidis
Uncle Ilias
Antonis Kafetzopoulos
Giannis Kemeras
Margarita Anthidou
Officer's Wife #1
Vassiliki Deliou
Officer's Wife #2
Yiorgos Kalantzis
Officer
Stavros Psyllakis
Officer
Alexandros Tsakiris
Officer
Ioanna Pappa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Colonels' Junta (1967-1974) really did recruit from working-class youth—Dimitris's trajectory mirrors actual state propaganda about 'saving' Greece.
Papadimitriou was discovered in a drama workshop; Tsemperopoulos refused to let him see the full script, filming his scenes in chronological isolation to preserve that eerie detachment.
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