Oscar Nominated Shorts: Animation— Reviewed
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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...
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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...
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Dennis Iliadis, Yorgos Tsemberopoulos
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Runtime:105 minutes
Studio:Ideefixe Productions, Greek Film Centre, Alpha TV, FILMNET, JBA Production, Filmex Romania, Filmiki Etairia, Stefi Productions
Cast
Yorgos Tsemberopoulos
Director
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
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