Akadimia Platonos
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Cast & Crew
Filippos Tsitos
Titika Saringouli
Anastas Kozdine
Antonis Kafetzopoulos
Alexis Kardaras
Polidefkis Kirlidis
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Every day Stavros raises the metal shutters of his cigarette store, puts out the newspapers in front and then sets out the chairs where he and his friends sit all day. They are all very proud of the way their dog Patriot barks at every passing Albanian. Stavros and his friends do not like these foreigners even if they are willing to do the jobs the Greeks will not do. By the store's entrance, Stavros' increasingly senile mother mopes in an armchair, regardless of the affectionate care lavished on her by her devoted son. Then one day she suddenly falls upon an Albanian worker, embracing him and calling him "my son" in Albanian. Stavros' mother has always told him that after his father died up north, she moved to Athens, when he was but a year old. Now Stavros' pals start looking askance at him: is he Greek or Albanian?
Director
Filippos Tsitos
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of two awards including the Leopard for Best Actor (Antonis Kafetzopoulos) and the Eucumenical Jury Prize at the 2009 Locarno International Film Festival.
Released in United States August 2009
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (International Competition) August 5-15, 2009.
Released in United States August 2009 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (International Competition) August 5-15, 2009.)
