|
Director
Costas Kapakas
|
Script
Costas Kapakas
|
|||
|
Producer
KAPA FILM, CINEGRAM S.A., GREEK FILM CENTRE, ERT S.A., FOCUS, SPECTAR ‘92
|
||||
|
||||
|
Language
Greek
|
Colour
Colour
|
|||
|
Genre
Light comedy
|
||||
|
Format
35 mm
|
||||
|
Summary
Stefanos, a forty-five-year-old is invited to a party by a childhood friend. The event triggers remembrances from his childhood and adolescence.
|
||||
|
Cinematography
Giannis Daskalothanasis
Editor
Takis Giannopoulos
Production Manager
Giorgos Kyriakos
Music Composer
Panagiotis Kaladzopoulos
Set Designer
Giorgos Georgiou
Alexandra Chorianopoulou
Costume Designer
Maria Kododima
Sound
Marinos Athanasopoulos
Make-up
Theano Kapnia
Special Effects
Samiotis Michalis
Assistant Director
Panagiotis Kravvas
Sound mixing
Thymios Koliokousis
Music Composer
Μαντολίνο
Μουσικά Κομμάτια
Τι θα κερδίσεις
Contributors
Associate Producers
|
Actors
Giorgos Chorafas
Sebetadelis_giorgos Gerodidakis Markella Pappa Anny Loulou Alexandros Mylonas Tasos Paladzidis Nikoleta Vlavianou Zoi Voudouri Konstadina Stefanopoulou Nikos Gianakouras Aggeliki Spiliopoulou Nikos Amvrosiou Sofia Filippidou Maria Kanellopoulou Natasa Manisali Elisavet Konstadinidi Viky Protogeraki Gerasimos Michalatos Thodoros Syriotis Chrysanthos Petropoulos Vasilis Tsiropoulos Michalis Alitzikakis Christos Priftis Andreas Zaiko Dimitris Pleionis Sot. Melidis Vas. Melidis Maria Kapela Giouli Aggeli Dimitris Drosos Stathis Vrachas Maria Theodorova Nikos Bournias Aloizos Monastiriotis Charis Mavroudis Dionysis Manousakis Eleni Vamavka Mariana Marteli Souzana Brigier Giorgis Tsabourakis Thanasis Mouchos Nikos Diamadopoulos Apostolis Gogoulis Judit Milkossy Tibor Varga Kalman Kovacs |
Kostas Kapakas attempts to reconstruct that era, in a simple manner and on the strength of authentic experience, through the child’s perspective: an innocent perspective of good and evil, at a time when Greece strove to find its feet after the odyssey of wars. The child – the focal point – filters events and sets them at a distance, lending them the texture that only a child is capable of, that of innocence and playfulness. The adults around him seem like the protagonists of a lengthy theatrical play.
With professional adeptness, a well-tuned pace, narrative density, aesthetic simplicity, and without excesses and loud emphases, Kapakas presents a nostalgic film by simply opening the door to a child’s soul. The well-wrought characters, honestly presented, and the delicate deliveries create a world that’s familiar and identifiable. The film is alternately humorous and moving in appropriate measures, which creates a bittersweet backdrop.
Film Critic
Hellenic Ministry of Culture State Cinema Awards 1999 Thessaloniki Film Festival (Greece) 1999 – International Competition Audience Award Golden Knight Festival (Moscow, Russia) 2000 “Bronze Knight” Award Cinema Mediterranéen Montpellier (France) 2000 Distribution Support Award Giffoni Film Festival (Italy) 2001 Bronze Gryphon ANEC Gold Medal Fort Lauderdale Film Festival (USA) 2001 Best Director Award Cine Junior Film Festival, Val-de-Marne (France) 2001 CICAE Award Houston Film Festival (ΗΠΑ) 2001 Special Jury Award
