After the death of his mother, 16-year-old dreamer Dany leaves Crete to join his older brother Odysseas in the Greek capital. Born of an Albanian mother and a Greek father they’ve never met, the siblings feel like strangers in their own country. The search for their father leads them to Thessaloniki, which they discover is hosting public auditions for the "Greek Star” singing contest. Dany expresses a desire to see his gifted brother up on stage singing the cult song "La bambola,” immortalised by Italian diva Patty Pravo. One of the most appealing works at this year’s Cannes film festival, the film maintains a sense of immediacy while telling a tale of carefree youth and emotions both spontaneous and suppressed; it also drives home the fact that people are not split into heterosexuals and homosexuals, but into vulnerable individuals and everyone else. Koutras portrays the joys and sorrows of those most easily hurt with a disarming combination of realism – in light of the unpleasant situation in contemporary Greece – and stylised hyperbole, which he complements with a number of references to classic films such as The Night of the Hunter and Donnie Darko.