Xenia

Synopsis: Strangers in their own birthplace, 16-year-old Danny and 18-year-old Odysseus cross the entire country in search of their Greek father, after their Albanian mother passes away. Determined to force him to acknowledge paternity, little do they know that the road to the much-coveted Greek citizenship is paved with ghosts from the past, adult savagery and a dream that needs to come true, no matter what. Reaching the end of this initiatory journey they eventually come of age even if Greece refuses to follow.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Panos H. Koutras
Production: Strand Releasing
  10 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
62
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
UNRATED
Year:
2014
134 min
Website
131 Views


Dido, you should stay in the bag.

Bad boy.

- Who? Dido?

- Yes.

Oh, Dany.

Dido, you stay here, okay?

Today isn't his best day.

Would you do something else?

No, another time.

The day after tomorrow again?

- I can't. I'm leaving today.

- Where to?

- Athens.

- Why?

- Must do something.

- What you need to do in Athens?

I'll tell you when I'm back.

Will you give me a bit more today?

We clarify that, I promise.

- For the journey?

- Yes.

- When are you back?

- If I've done everything.

Of course. Is it enough?

Cool, thanks.

- Say, this obsessions ...

- Which?

Do you still see weird things?

No, I feel great.

- Are you sure?

- Yes. I have to go now.

Come on.

- Take care.

- All right.

And call.

Will you buy me a little credit

to call?

- Okay. Who is this?

- She? That's Patty Pravo.

- How do you know it?

- She is my goddess!

- Indeed?

- Yes.

So, bye.

Behind the Stars

Who knows what is there

Maybe another world for who

never had anything

In our world,

There behind the stars

Is he going to have it

Behind your eyes

Does anyone know what there is

Maybe you got feelings for me

Never before someone has

regarded me like you

No one else will ever

watch me like you

A feeling that does not die

Because it's all I have left

Thinks another of you

Is the sun bigger

And warms you more

And it beats, it beats hard

The heart

And maybe it begins like this

Like a sunny day

which tells December

The summer is already here

- The Gay there greets us.

- Yes.

Take on your jacket. It's cold.

Never before has me someone

regarded like you

No one else will ever me

watch like you

A feeling that does not die

Because it's all I've left

Thinks another of you

Is the sun bigger

And warms you more

And it beats, it beats hard,

The heart

And maybe it begins like this

As a sunny day

tells December,

the summer is already here

Dido, this is Athens.

Actually Piraeus.

Smile!

A sandwich with ham, cheese,

bacon, mustard and omelette.

- Dany?

- Hello, Ody.

- Don't call me Ody. What do you want?

- I want a sandwich...

- Just arrived?

- An hour ago.

With mustard.

Dimitra.

- You take over?

- Is good.

- With mustard, Dimitra.

- Okay.

- Sweet.

- You should not come to Athens.

But now I'm here.

If you want to make trouble, leave!

Do you listen me?

Go back to your mother.

- I can not.

- Why not?

- Jenny does not exist anymore.

- What do you mean?

She's dead.

Odysseas, the sandwich is ready.

Thank You.

- Ten days ago.

- You kidding me?

I called you several times,

without success.

Should I send you a text message?

Your birthday is coming up,

I would rather tell it personally.

- But I have spoken to her.

- I know.

Two days later,

I found her on the couch.

Pulmonary oedema, the doctor said.

She had too much to drink.

And their tablets.

Maybe a few too many.

How do you imagine that?

Your job is the bar,

not chatting with friends.

There are enough candidates,

wanting your job.

Wait here.

What about the money for the funeral?

Jenny had 2 000 euros at the bank.

- A fortune.

- Mom could have had millions.

Yes, if she hadn't

everything squandered.

It was not her fault.

She always worked hard.

Stop it!

A pack as always, please.

That too.

Thank You.

Let's go.

This is not Bollywood!

- Do not look.

- Why?

You are in Greece

and can not speak Greek?

- A**holes.

- Be quiet.

F*** off these fascists.

If there are multiple, be quite.

- This is Athens.

- In Crete, it is not different.

We do not look like Albanians.

But you like a fag.

That is worse.

- We are Albanians.

- Only half.

You are Albanians. And a fag.

Both fish and meat.

Watch out now. Don't embarrass me

before my roommate.

- Do you hear? Look at me.

- Yes, Papa.

Ody, the food is ready!

SUGAR:

Dinner!

Ody, we eat!

- After Athens and Patras ...

- Leave it on.

... is "Greek Star"

now held in Thessaloniki.

Register online at ...

And do not call me Ody!

And your dreams will come true.

- Who will be the new star?

- My brother, you a**holes!

- Who?

- Ody. He can win.

- It is not "Albanian Star".

- The nationality doesn't matter.

Do you have hidden talents? Great.

As a "Greek Star"

you get your Greek colleague.

- Tell him, Ody.

- Shut up, you idiot!

Not everything is fun.

Your mother has died.

F*** you!

That was Mom's dream,

that you're going to a talent show!

F*** yourself!

That will do you good.

Eat it, otherwise it will be cold.

Our mother was a singer.

Great voice.

She sang in Italian, Greek ...

Ody has the talent from her.

- Those are sweet.

- Good, isn't it?

- Come along.

- Where to?

- Come over.

- Where to?

Hurry up!

- Wait.

- Come over!

My bag!

Come on.

Bye Bye.

This way.

It's great here.

If you stay here,

you need to cool down.

What have I done?

Your mother is dead.

How heartless are you?

I'm supposed to be heartless? And you?

You left her.

She has sent me to

her uncle when I was 14,

But only for the summer.

You're never come back.

Why should I? To get her every

night drunk into the bed?

- To bear her stupid f***ers?

- In order not to leave me alone!

I was the one

who was with her, Odysseas!

So shut up. F*** you!

- Here.

- No thanks.

Come on, Dido.

- Is that the Acropolis?

- Yes.

- Do you still have this rabbit?

- Yes why?

- You're 16, dammit!

- In two months. And you almost 18.

- Unfortunately.

- Why?

Jenny had since two years

no residence permit.

We don't also, now.

Did she tell you anything?

No.

In a few days I could

be deported. Thank you, Jenny.

- What will you do now?

- I do not know.

A lawyer representing migrants,

wanted to help me.

You're in trouble.

You are not eating?

- I have to tell you something.

- What?

Before mom died, she has learned

that the "Nameless" lives.

What?

Tassos told her that the "Nameless"

lives in Thessaloniki.

Tassos? And how did Tassos found her?

He called Jenny.

He wanted a reboot.

Tassos saw the "Nameless"

in a club.

He married again

and changed his name.

He now got money.

I was glad she spoke

again with Tassos.

Then she began to drink

and insulting the "Nameless".

As always.

She wanted a DNA test from him,

because I'm underage.

- In order to get at money.

- Nonsense.

We would get his money

and obtain the nationality.

No one could deport you.

- If he had wanted ...

- I Do Not Give A Sh*t!

We have no father. Forget it!

What are you doing there?

The bed.

- Here we are going to sleep?

- Yes.

It's damn hot downstairs.

Help me.

- What do you get?

- A coke.

You drink your coke and go.

You are underage.

- You're Jenny's son?

- Yes.

- You look for Tassos?

- Yes.

Ask your mother.

- She died two weeks ago.

- I'm sorry.

So I was looking for him.

They had no more contact.

Yes I know.

I also had a quarrel with him.

Six years ago.

It was not my fault.

He drank and got over with anyone.

Jenny said he had now a club.

I just do not know where.

That's right, in Larisa.

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Panos H. Koutras

Panos H. Koutras (Greek: Πάνος Κούτρας; born in Athens) is a Greek filmmaker, writer, who made his debut with the feature film The Attack of the Giant Moussaka (1999), a science-fiction parody. He has directed three more films Alithini Zoi (2004) and Strella (2009).He studied filmmaking at the London International Film School. He also studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. When he was studying in London and Paris he submitted several short films to film festivals including the London Film Festival. At the Festival du Cinema, Mediterraneen he won first prize in 1991 for the short film The Fall and Rise of Lydia Von Burer.He was selected to be on the jury for the Un Certain Regard section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.In an interview in the French newspaper Libération, he mentioned that he is LGBT activist and leftist artist. He added that his works are shaped by writers such as Proust and Wilde, and by filmmakers such as Fassbinder and Visconti, noting that their works should be looked in their homosexual dimension. In the same interview, he highlighted the racism and hypocrisy prevailing in Greek society. more…

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