Salonica

Salonica is about Thessaloniki, the northern Greek city at the crossroads of the Orient and Europe, the Balkans and the Mediterranean. What makes this city historically unique is the fact that for 450 years it was mainly Jewish and the predominant language was Spanish. Against this background, Salonica takes a close look at the city today, introducing us to some of its diverse residents: Jewish survivors, Russian immigrants, Gypsies, Greek nationalists. Their stories paint a cinematic fresco of a place and a century torn apart by violence.