Another View 2003 / Diskoli apocheretismi: O babas mou / Greece 2002
Ten-year-old Elias, who lives in Athens with his family at the end of the sixties, experiences the toughest moments of his life. His father has died unexpectedly and the boy cannot cope with the loss. Coming to terms with reality is so very hard and painful.
Set in Athens at the end of the sixties, the film deals with ten-year-old Elias and his attempts to cope with the tragic death of his father. His brother, mother and other members of the family face this unexpected blow each in his or her own way, but the boy is unable to accept the painful reality. He refuses to come to terms with the fact that he’ll never see his father again and clings to the promise that, after his father returns, they’ll watch the American moon landing together. The burdensome situation marks the boys behaviour. Elias lies, quarrels with friends at school, runs away from home and writes letters to his grandmother as though they are from his father. When the moon landing is broadcast, Elias finally takes the first step towards saying goodbye. The anger he has stored up is replaced with understanding and the boy stops waiting for something which will never return.
108 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Penny Panayotopoulou
/ Screenplay Penny Panayotopoulou
/ Dir. of Photography Dimitris Katsaitis
/ Music Stavros Sofianopoulos
/ Editor Petar Markovic, Angelos Angelopoulos
/ Producer Costas Lambropoulos, Thanos Karathanos, George Louizos
/ Production Greek Film Centre
/ Cast Yorgos Karayannis, Stelios Mainas, Ioanna Tsirigouli, Christos Stergioglou, Christos Bougiotas, Despo Diamantidou
/ Contact Greek Film Centre
Penny Panayotopoulou (b. Athens) graduated in law from the University of Athens and in direction from Stavrakos Film School. In 1982-85 she lived in London where she studied photography and direction at the University of Westminster. In 1986 she began working for television and shot several social and psychoanalytical shorts and cultural programs. Eldorado (1988) won several awards, including Best Short Fiction from the Thessaloniki IFF. Hard Goodbyes: My Father is the director’s feature debut. Selected filmography: Zig-Zag (1981), The Trial (1983), And If You Hear from My Louise (1984), Like Rain, Like Hail (1996).
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