After 35 years working in a factory in Germany, Ilias returns to his almost deserted village and buys a service station on the main street to Ioannina. He wants to make a new start but soon feels like a foreigner again, this time in his own country. His relationship with Eleni, his younger and still beautiful wife, is going though a serious crisis. Eleni, who married him when she was very young to escape the poverty of village life, now feels she is suffocating. She wants to live while there is still time.Their life changes when Ilias saves Petros, a young Albanian illegal immigrant who comes to Greece seeking a better life, from the border guards and hires him in his shop.
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11 people
Arto Apartian
Also in
Οι Δικηγόροι της Αθήνας
Μια αγάπη μια ζωή
Maria Skoula
Known for
Miss Violence
Artur Luzi
Alex Moukanos
Known for
The Weeping Meadow
Elissavet Nazlidou
Also in
The Throne Room
Litsa.com
Katerina Mavrogeorgi
Also in
The Friend
Βank Bang
Giorgos Nakos
Pigmalion Dadakaridis
Known for
The Other Me
The Hunted
Konstantinos Lagkos
Also in
Τα παιδιά της Νιόβης
Stolen Dreams
Stergios Nenes
Also in
Konstantinos and Helen
Το Καρέ της Ντάμας
Grigoris Kapsalis
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Vasilis Douvlis Director
First release April 3, 2008 · Original title Η επιστροφή
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Original title
Η επιστροφή
Original language
Greek
Spoken on screen
Greek
Release dates
Greece · April 3, 2008
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No release date listed for United States.
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