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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
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"Paradiso" its called.

Treasure.

- "Paradiso"?

- Yes exactly.

- Hello, Mr. Kostas.

- Hey, Mustafa.

- A Beer.

- Denis, a beer.

What is your name?

- Dany. Hi.

- Mustafa.

- Come on, let's dance.

- No.

Come on, we're dancing.

This and that there.

- You have long been in Greece?

- I was born here.

- You no Albanian?

- Sure, Albanian.

- Here?

- Yes.

How much money do you take?

20 euros. I very difficult to find customers.

I earn 1000 euros

and go to Italy.

- You come with me?

- I can not.

Why?

- I'm going to Thessaloniki.

- Thessaloniki.

Why?

My father is there.

Fascists!

- Quick away, the fascists!

- Fascists.

Axes and fire, kill the Arabs.

Greece

belongs to the Greeks and Christians!

What are you looking at?

Leave her alone!

Let her, a**holes!

Let me go!

Run away! Run away!

Where are you, Dido?

Hey, you there.

Get here!

- I brought the young Albanian.

- We're still talking.

Let us briefly alone?

I am Antigoni,

Odysseas' lawyer.

We had a phone call.

Did they do that here?

- What is that?

- What?

He has bruises on his shoulder.

No Idea.

I see him for the first time.

Come, the car is waiting.

- Take off his handcuffs.

- We got instructions.

Get here for a moment?

What do you want?

The handcuffs are not necessary.

Take them off.

- I beg you.

- He is a minor. So is the law.

I'm born here,

and a minor.

Yes, so it went well.

But we are also half Greek.

Your brother is waiting outside.

- Where is my bag?

- You get it at the exit.

- Don't ask.

- Moment.

One Moment. One Moment.

You have made trouble again.

Everything OK?

All is well.

Now he has to go into a dorm.

We get it quickly out again.

- I will not go there.

- It's only for a short time.

Certainly.

You can even go out there.

Let's go to Thessaloniki.

Now or never.

You will win "Greek Star".

Then we get money from the "Nameless"

and citizenship.

Forget it.

Come on.

Ody, please!

Ody, please!

Hello, a warm sandwich

with ham, cheese and mustard.

All right.

- What are you doing here?

- I had to go there.

You run away?

It was really bad there.

Let me sleep, I'm broken.

At best,

Will you see me

with the cold

you never had

And maybe you'll do so

As if you do not know my name

Maybe you'll even

call me Mister

Or at best,

Are you going to ask me

How many men I've had

To forget you

But you know very well

That a girl like me

isn't kidding with the love

Has never been joking with love

At best,

you're going to insult me

and then send me away

and tell me,

that you're no longer interested

On a girl

that only was there

to amuse you a little

And so I will go

And you'll chase me

beg my pardon

and caress me

You'll remember my name

- Wake up. We go away.

- What?

For an hour I was looking for you.

So what's going on?

We missed the bus.

Come on now.

All right, stay cool.

Let's go.

Dido, there you are, my boy.

I can not walk in this heat.

This is your fault. Come on.

We hitchhike.

With your look?

It's out of the question.

- What's so funny?

- Forget it.

I know. Let us practice your song.

No.

I thought I sing something modern.

No, sing "Tutt'al pi"

as Mama taught you.

Trust me.

Remember that, Patty Pravo brings good luck.

I have nothing to wear.

You've just perfect.

Madame Tassos has certainly

a few vintage clothes left.

I'll make you hair.

This has been missing.

You say it.

- Good Evening.

- Hello.

- We want to Mr Tassos Peris.

- Mr Tassos?

Why is?

- We are relatives.

- Exactly.

Wait here.

What's up, guys?

I do not believe it.

What I gave you, you idiot

You did not deserve

You let me sleep alone

You are nothing

It has always been that way

You're nothing

What I should remember

What I gave you, you idiot

You didn't deserve

You let me sleep alone

Maria Sonia, our star from Ukraine!

Soon her lies

all of Greece at her feet!

Maria Sonia.

And now a song of mine.

For a goddess,

who left us too soon.

For Jenny!

Maybe

Maybe one day you leave

- Hello, Tassos sent me.

- Sit down.

Odysseas. And that's Dany.

... for me

It can not be

that your blue eyes

left so much loneliness

- Cigarette?

- Thank You.

Maybe

Maybe everything will be different

Maybe we'll have to cry

About Lost Dreams

Come, sit down.

- Dany, get the milk.

- Yes, Tassos.

Bottom left.

Thanks.

Why do you want to Thessaloniki?

That Ody becomes the new Star?

Or because of the "Nameless"?

The name was my idea.

- For both. Why?

- In the fridge.

Because you, my dear,

become the new "Greek Star".

If you still have the talent.

- I'm fine.

- You will not get his money.

He should dress warmly.

I am relentless.

I've noticed.

Is there something sweet?

Again?

You will soon attract flies.

Here.

- Thank You.

- Only one.

Only one.

Let's say you find it.

And if he is not him?

- Are you not sure?

- You said Jenny, it's him.

Yes, the guy I was in a club

have seen in Thessaloniki.

He is well known there

as a candidate of the far-right party.

- What are you saying?

- Exactly.

He does during the day.

At night, he organises

the protection of various clubs.

Plus drugs and prostitution.

The usual stuff.

The a**hole!

In the refrigerator.

- Are you sure it's him?

- Watch out.

If it's him, he got another name.

He's Christopoulos.

- Christopoulos?

- Christopoulos.

His first name

however, is still Lefteris.

He has changed.

After all, it has been 15 years.

Slightly more than twelve.

Indeed? Well, thank God.

- Whom does he looks similar?

- Externally?

Me or Odysseas?

- Can you do not remember him?

- No.

When he left you,

you have not eaten for days.

I remember nothing.

Me, yes.

You? You were barely two years old

and in diapers.

To fall asleep

he laid me on his chest.

He was pretty hairy.

So early memories do not exist.

Basta.

Let's go into the living room.

Here.

Tassos? Tassos?

Yes.

This photo

is out of your house in Chania.

Song Festival, Thessaloniki, 1981

First prize. Is also on it.

Glorious old times.

But instead of crying about it,

I smoke a joint.

As Jenny's sons

you'll not mind.

- Me, yes.

- Oh, shut up.

- So how was he like?

- Who?

- The "Nameless".

- He was a real eye-catcher.

Large, dark hair.

Sinfully beautiful.

Darker than you two.

Darker than you anyway, kid.

When I look at you,

you see him not similar.

You resemble your mother.

Hi everyone.

This is Ahmad.

We lived together for 3 years.

Without him, I would

long be with your mother.

Everything was fine at the club?

Yes, except that Kostas

whined again.

Soon he will be fired anyway.

- I have made a toast.

- Thank You.

Do you know what was a crazy coincidence?

You'll never guess

I've heard two days ago.

Are you ready?

Patty.

- The Goddess.

- Your mother loved her.

Can you still steps?

Let's see.

You treat me,

You treat me

As if I were a doll

Los Dany.

Then you throw me away,

Then you throw me away

As if I were a doll

Five, six, seven, eight.

You do not notice when I cry

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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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