Plato's Academy ( Kleine Wunder in Athen ) ( Akadimia Platonos (De tha gineis ellinas pote) )

Plato's Academy (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Kleine Wunder in Athen
Alternate Title: Akadimia Platonos (De tha gineis ellinas pote)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Greece ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Filippos Tsitos

Written By:
Filippos Tsitos
Alexis Kardaras

Actors:
Antonis Kafetzopoulos ..... Stavros
Anastasis Kozdine ..... Marenglen
Titika Sarigouli ..... Harikleia
Yorgos Souxes ..... Nikos
Kostas Koronaios ..... Argyris
Panagiotis Stamatakis ..... Thymios
Maria Zorba ..... Dina

Synopsis:

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, looking out on the dusty intersection and surrounding grey buildings that shelter their businesses. They're all very proud of the way their dog Patriot, on the opposite pavement, barks at every passing Albanian. Stavros and his friends don't like these foreigners even if they're willing to do the jobs the Greeks won't do, nor do they like the recently arrived Chinese. 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. In fact, what does Stavros really know about his parents? His 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? Does he really have the right to sing the racist little ditty: "Albanian, Albanian, you'll never become a Greek".

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?

A Greek shopkeeper discovers something about his family's past when his mother embraces an Albanian worker.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 26 February, 2011.

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