New Year’s Eve 1999, Athens: a desperate fugitive armed with a live grenade takes a family hostage and demands to go on live TV as the world counts down to the new millennium. Broadcast in real time, the situation pulls in a young journalist, media executives and a divided police force, as an entire nation watches events spiral toward a tragic and irreversible outcome.
Sherif Francis
Director
Orfeas Avgoustidis
Nikolai Randou
Maria Nafpliotou
Caroline
Giorgos Benos
Anthony
Dimitris Lalos
Yiorgos Economou
Renia Louizidou
Martha
Nikos Psarras
Stavros
Kalliopi Chaska
Elina
Giannis Karampampas
Elias
Thodoris Skyftoulis
Achilles
Errikos Litsis
Chief of Police
Vassilis Risvas
Deputy Chief of Police
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