BACKDOOR
  • Direction: Yorgos Tsemberopoulos.
  • Screenplay: Dennis Iliadis, Yorgos Tsemberopoulos.
  • Cinematography: Platon Andronidis.
  • Editing: Takis Yannopoulos.
  • Sound: Nikos Papadimitriou.
  • Sets: Antonis Daglidis.
  • Costumes: Maria Kontodima.
  • Cast: Konstantinos Papadimitriou, Alexandriani Sikelianou, Haris Sozos, Antonis Kafetzopoulos.
  • Production: Ideefixe Productions, Greek Film Centre.
  • 35mm Colour 104'
SYNOPSIS

Athens, 1966. Greece is wavering between reform and self-destruction. Thirteen-year-old Dimitris unexpectedly loses his father when the new government stops the construction of a 12-story high rise in the centre of Athens. Seeing his pampered mother collapse, Dimitris gets carried away by his prematurely grown-up appearance, and decides to skip adolescence in order to stand by her and continue his father's work. A brutal coming-of-age ritual ensues. But just when he feels ready to shoulder his responsibilities, he is forced to claim his mother from the arms of an up-and-coming star of the political scene... A series of major and minor betrayals will propel Dimitris's revolutionary act of vengeance, which will change the course of Greek history...

Yorgos Tsemberopoulos

Biography
He was born in Athens, in 1950. He studied economics while working as a still photographer. In 1976 he moved to the US, where he studied film direction at the American Film Institute. In 1981 he returned to Greece, and in 1987 he co-founded Film Partners, where he produces commercials and features. He was a Board Member of the Greek Film Centre and a member of the Jury at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1992.

FILMOGRAPHY
1984 Sudden Love
1991 Take Care
2000 BackDoor

FILM TITLE SCREENING THEATER DATE
BACKDOOR A' OLYMPION É Wednesday 15/11, 13:30
BACKDOOR B' VAKOURA Thursday 16/11, 19:00


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