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  • a film by Alexis Alexiou
  • Feature film
  • 116 min
  • 2015
Trailer
Info

  • Genre

    • Drama / Crime Thriller / Neo-Noir

  • Countries of Production

    • Germany / Greece / Israel

  • Language

    • Greek, Romanian

  • World premiere

    • 12th March 2015 – Tribeca Film Festival

  • German cinema release

    • 4th February 2016

  • a production by

    • Twenty Twenty Vision, CL Productions, Pie Films, View Master Films

  • in co-production with

    • ZDF/Arte, Faliro House, Marni Films, NOVA

  • with the support of

    • Eurimages, Greek Film Center, FFA, Israel Film Fund, Nerit – New Hellenic Radio Internet Television

  • World Sales

    • Loco Films

  • Distribution

    • Neue Visionen Filmverleih
Synopsis

Stelios is the owner of a Jazz Club in Athens. A few years ago, through the help of his former associate Vassos, Stelios received a business loan from the Romanian in order to renovate his club. In 2010, the recession finds Stelios on the brink of bankruptcy unable to repay the loan. The Romanian meets with Stelios and gives him one day to come up with a solution. Trying to buy time for his old friend, Vassos asks Stelios to meet up with Omar, an Albanian strip-bar owner who also owes money to the Romanian.

Omar and Stelios’ lives will soon cross in the most unexpected of ways. In a whirlpool of adultery, drug abuse, violence, guilt and self-deceit, Stelios has only a few hours left to save his club, salvage his crumbling marriage, battle the mafia loan-sharks, baptize his employee’s kid and show up at school to receive his son’s report card as a proper parent.

Cast

  • Stelios

    • Stelios Mainas

  • Vassos

    • Dimitris Tzoumakis

  • The Romanian

    • Mimi Branescou

  • Driver

    • Adam Bousdoukos

  • Omar

    • Giorgos Simeonidis

  • Sophia (Stelio's wife)

    • Maria Nafpliotou

  • Natalia (lover)

    • Christina Dendrinou

  • Agni (pole dancer)

    • Nikolitsa Drizi

  • Thanassis (Stelio's brother)

    • V. Rokkos
Crew

  • Written by

    • Alexis Alexiou

  • Directed by

    • Alexis Alexiou

  • Producers

    • Thanassis Karathanos, Kostas Lambropoulos, Talia Kleinhendler, Osnat Keren-Handelsman

  • Director of photography

    • Christos Karamanis

  • Editor

    • Lambis Haralambidis

  • Set design

    • Spyros Laskaris

  • Casting

    • Maria Dagritzikou, Stavros Raptis

  • Music

    • Yannis Veslemes

  • Visual effects

    • Ippokratis Chalas

  • Costumes

    • Ippokratis Chalas

  • Make-up

    • Stella Karapouliou

  • Location Sound Recordist

    • Aris Athanasopoulos
Festivals
  • Tribeca Film Festival – World premiere
  • Jeonju FF
  • Oostende / Belgium
  • Karlovy Vary IFF
  • Los Angeles Greek FF (LAGFF)
  • BFI London
  • Greek FF of Australia
  • NY Greek FF
  • Palm Springs IFF
  • Tromsø IFF
  • Sundance
  • Trieste FF
  • Berlinale
Awards
  • Best Film / Hellenic Film Academy Award
  • Best Actor (Stelios Mainas) / Hellenic Film Academy Awards
  • Best Director (Alexis Alexiou) / Hellenic Film Academy Awards
  • Best Screenplay(Alexis Alexiou) / Hellenic Film Academy Awards
  • Best camera (Christos Karamanis) / Hellenic Film Academy Awards
  • Best cut (Lambis Haralambidis) / Hellenic Film Academy Awards
  • Best Music (Yannis Veslemes) / Hellenic Film Academy Awards
  • Best Sound (Aris Athanasopoulos, Avi Mizrahi, Gil Toren) / Hellenic Film Academy Awards
  • Best Special Effects and Cinematic Innovation (Ippokratis Halas, Michalis Samiotis, George Alahouzos, Roulis Alahouzos, Dani Cohen) / Hellenic Film Academy Awards

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