'The Resort': Five Perfect Minutes and Countless Missed Opportunities
The Resort has an excellent climax surrounded by disappointments. Somehow, at a mere 75 minutes, this movie still manages to be 70 minutes too long.
The Child Who Measured the World
Alexandre Varda, a powerful property developer of Greek origin, finds his life suddenly turned upside down. On the same day, he is sacked by his sharhold- ers and learns of the death of his daughter, whom he has not seen for 12 years. When he arrives in Greece the next day to repatriate the body, he also discovers that he is the grandfather of a 9-year-old boy with autistic syndrome...
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Alexandre Varda, a powerful property developer of Greek origin, finds his life suddenly turned upside down. On the same day, he is sacked by his sharhold- ers and learns of the death of his daughter, whom he has not seen for 12 years. When he arrives in Greece the next day to repatriate the body, he also discovers that he is the grandfather of a 9-year-old boy with autistic syndrome...
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Samy Baaroun, Takis Candilis, Karim Boukercha
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Runtime:104 minutes
Studio:Roméo Drive Productions, YTA Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Blonde Audiovisual Productions, AT-Production
Cast
Takis Candilis
Director
Bernard Campan
Alexandre Varda
Maria Apostolakea
Maria 'Maraki' Economou
Fotinì Peluso
Theofania Reppa
Raphael Brottier
Yannis Varda
Anna Tzanakaki
Elena Bratopoulou
Stathis Kokkoris
Andreas Manos
Panos Kranidiotis
Constantin Makropoulos
Metin Arditi
Père Kosmas
Giannis Poimenidis
Dimitri Ioannou
Dimitris Goutzamanis
Nikos
Kostas Krommidas
Stravos
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