REVIEWS
Hard and bitter, as well as humorous and tender. A daring glance. Vena Georgakopoulou, ELEFTHEROTYPIA The young protagonist is a revelation, as he matures doing his own political, social, and domestic revolution. Orestis Andreadakis, MARIE-CLAIRE magazine The explosions of the end of innocence fill the screen with light, but along with it falls the shadow of the circumstances. Poly Lykourgou, ETHNOS A beautiful game through time and space, with pure cinematographic tricks. Akis Kapranos, DIVA Modern and personal filmmaking, which organizes its own silent revolution… Manolis Kranakis, CINEMA magazine Young Konstantinos Papadimitriou is astonishing in his interpretation. Dimitra Roumboula, ETHNOS BACKDOOR is Dimitris’ story, which touches you and moves you deeply while it looks at this crucial historical period with reflection. Without embellishment or cynicism, the director’s glance is daring, it has humor and tenderness, as well as harshness and venom. A fine trip in the Sixties. Vena Georgakopoulou, ELEFTHEROTYPIA … full of humor and sincerity. … one of the most interesting films in years. Dimitra Nikolopoulou, ADESMEFTOS TYPOS BACKDOOR is this year’s best Greek film. The scenes are inspired, built with precision and atmosphere. It is a psychograph, which, with neither cynicism nor melodrama, balances on a tight rope that connects them. Leda Galanou, CINEMA magazine Konstantinos Papadimitriou is astonishing in his interpretation. Dimitra Roumboula, ETHNOS |
SYNOPSIS
Athens 1966. Dimitris, 13, unexpectedly loses his father. Seeing his pampered mother collapse, the boy gets carried away and decides to skip childhood in order to stand by her. When he feels ready, he has to claim his mother back from an up-and-coming star of the military regime. A brutal coming-of-age story, where Dimitris reacts in vengeance, changing thus the course of Greek history... Director: Yorgos Tsemberopoulos Screenplay: Dennis Iliadis & Yorgos Tsemberopoulos Producers: Fenia Cossovitsa, Amanda Livanou & Iraklis Mavroidis Co-Producers: Ideefixe LTD, Greek Film Center, JBA Productions (France), Alpha TV, Netmed, Filmiki Productions, Filmex (Romania), Y. Tsemberopoulos, with the support of: European Script Fund & Eurimages CAST Konstandinos Papadimitriou Alexandriani Sikelianou Haris Sozos Andreas Kontopoulos Ieroklis Michaelidis Antonis Kafetzopoulos Elisavet Moutafi (Liza Moutaftsi) Efi Papatheodorou Maria Solomou Katerina Tsavalou Eleni Kokkidou Akindynos Gkikas CREW Cinematographer: Platon Andronidis Music: Marios Strofalis Song: Lyrics by Sotiri Kakisis, performed by Christos Thivaios Art Director: Antonis Daglidis Costumes: Maria Kontodima Editor: Takis Giannopoulos Sound: Nikos Papadimitriou AWARDS 2000: National Awards:
FESTIVALS 2000: Tokyo International F.F. (in competition) Athens International F.F. Thessaloniki International F.F. 2001: Mar De Plata Intern. F.F., Argentina Zlin Children & Youth Intern. F.F., Czech Republic (in competition) Festroia Intern. F.F., Portugal (in competition) Giffoni Intern. F.F., Italy (in competition) 2011: The 8th Annual San Francisco Greek F.F. SEVERAL EVENTS 2001: ODYSSEE Rencontres Cinematographiques d' Alsace, Strasbourg 2002: 2eme Panorama du Cinema Grec Contemporain, Paris 2003: Two films Tribute, Association Eynard, Université de Genève 2004: Portraits d’ Athènes - Forum des Images, Paris 2007: Three Films Tribute, 13th Kolkata F.F., India 2009: E.U. Film Days, Tokyo |