Film Synopsis

Referencing Ulysses’s mythic meandering and the contemporary realities of immigration, xenophobia and hooliganism, director Thanos Anastopoulos crafts a subtle yet haunting portrait of a broken man. Yorgos, released from prison, wanders Athens from the half-way house to places that seem familiar to him, yet remain as enigmatic as his past. A woman and her daughter are objects of his fascination, but it is unclear if they are his estranged family, strangers stalked by a predator or merely cohabitants of a conflict-ridden society. Winner or the Best Screenplay award at the 48th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, the film is a journey through urban chaos and decay that mirrors the brave inner search for national identity and responsibility.