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SYNOPSIS

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.

Panos H. Koutras


Panos H. Koutras studied film at the London Film School and the Sorbonne in Paris. From 1985 to 1995 he travelled between both cities making short films. In 1995 he established 100% Synthetic Films in Athens which produced his feature film debut The Attack of the Giant Moussaka, released four years later. His second film, Real Life, screened at Toronto and won the National Critics’ Award in Greece. His third film, A Woman’s Way, was selected for Berlin’s Panorama section in.

Filmography

2014 Xenia /
2009 Strella / Woman’s Way
2004 Alithini zoi / Real Life
1999 I epithesi tou gigantiaiou mousaka / Attack of the Giant Mousaka, The

Festivals
2014 Cannes, Karlovy Vary, Chicago, Gijón

Awards
2014 Chicago - Q Hugo Award; Gijón - Special Jury Award


Reality and camp are expertly juxtaposed in this touching if overlong story of two Patti Pravo-crazy teenage brothers.
Boyd van Hoeij, The Hollywood Reporter