Release Date

16 Mar, 1993

Runtime

01:30: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

This highly acclaimed drama from Greek writer/director Sotiris Goritsas, inspired by the Sotiris Dimitriou short story, represented Greece as an official selection for the 1994 Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight. It concerns two young Greek men seeking refuge in Albania. Thomas (Vassilis Eleftheriadis) and Achilleas (Ierassimos Skiadaeressis) make an illegal late-night run at the Greek border, joined by young Nikos (Antonis Manolas), a child whose mother had been killed by Albanian guards. Returning to Athens, they find that the land they had missed and dreamed of so often has changed, refusing to accept the returning refugees or even see them as Greek -- the locals refer to the trio as "Albanians" throughout the film. Demoralized and disillusioned, Thomas is accidentally killed while working at a building site to make ends meet, and Achilleas and Nikos decide to return to their Albanian village rather than stay in an Athens, which clearly has no place for them anymore.

Original Title

Απ'το Χιόνι

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Actors

Γεράσιμος Σκιαδαρέσης

Βασίλης Ελευθεριάδης

Andonis Manolas

Μάνια Παπαδημητρίου

Λάζαρος Ανδρέου

Μενέλαος Ντάφλος

Παύλος Φωλτίδης

Έκτωρ Καλούδης

Βασίλης Καμίτσης

Βασιλεία Καβούκα

Μαρία Κυριάκη

Αλέκος Μάνδυλας

Δημήτρης Μαυρόπουλος

Ανδρέας Νάτσιος

Σοφία Ολυμπίου

Crew

Σωτήρης Γκορίτσας

Σωτήρης Γκορίτσας

Sotiris Dimitrou

Σωτήρης Γκορίτσας

Πάνος Παπαχατζής

Νίκος Κυπουργός

Σταμάτης Γιαννούλης

Τάκης Κουμουνδούρος

Γιούλα Ζωιοπούλου

Γιούλα Ζωιοπούλου

Alicia Romero

Θύμιος Κολοκούσης

Νίκος Παπαδημητρίου

Πάνος Παπαδημητρίου