“JUST + ANOTHER - CONFUSED / = ELEPHANT”
Twice-orphaned Jace, a seven-year-old Albanian of Greek origin, witnesses a massacre that wipes out his entire foster family in Argyrokastron, and then falls in the hands of a bunch of ruthless gangsters who "export" children abroad for various profitable reasons (ranging from beggary to organ trade). Jace ends up in Athens, Greece, begging at street corners, exploring the secret horrors of brutal institutions for young offenders or, much later, serving obscure patrons, in an underworld where violent loss seems to be his only destiny. The movie follows Jace's inverted Odyssey in a dark universe of abuse, murder and fear, as he desperately (and silently) seeks for a "family" of his own or, at least, for a sense of belonging
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Alban Ukaj
Jace
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Stefania Goulioti
Maria
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Argyris Xafis
Angelos Karras
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Ieronymos Kaletsanos
Antonio
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Minas Hatzisavvas
Officer Dimitriou
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Kora Karvouni
Alma
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Akyllas Karazisis
Dr. Markos Kruger
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Highway to Hellas
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Yannis Tsortekis
Thomas Tepelenis
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Suntan
Diogo Infante
Nikolas
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Life Is Life
The Color of Love
Christos Loulis
Father
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Adults in the Room
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Franco Trevisi
Andrei
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Zen
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Kostas Berikopoulos
Officer Banias
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Attenberg
Menelaos Karamaghiolis Director · Chris Deligiannis Composer Panos Daoultzis Editor
First release November 10, 2011 · Produced in France, Greece, North Macedonia, Netherlands, Portugal, Türkiye · Languages Albanian, English, Greek
Production
Ukbar Filmes
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Blonde Audiovisual Productions
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CL Productions
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Kaliber Film
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Pausilypon Film
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Pi Film
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Gejzer Produkcija
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Geyzer Film Production
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Ukbar Films
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France · Greece · North Macedonia · Netherlands · Portugal · Türkiye
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Albanian · English · Greek
Release dates
Greece · November 10, 2011
Premiere
Greece · November 8, 2012
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No release date listed for United States.
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