“All sailors are scoundrels born to leave”
The seasoned Captain Mitsos Avgoustis stubbornly refuses to retire. The ocean swell has lodged itself in his mind, and the sea simply will not give him back. For twelve years he has been away from Greece—estranged from his family, at odds with the shipping company, yet bound by unshakable ties to the 22 sailors aboard the cargo ship ATHOS III. Defiant and unwilling to obey, he somehow keeps finding cargo, calling at ports, loading and unloading, silently roaming the waters of the Pacific. Day and night, he battles the relentless gales on the lonely voyages of his mind and heart, where the secret he carries has long since dropped anchor.
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Vangelis Mourikis
Captain Mitsos Avgoustis
Known for
Chevalier
Attenberg
Maria Kavoyianni
Litsa Tsichli
Known for
Worlds Apart
Karyofyllia Karabeti
Flora Avgousti
Known for
The Beekeeper
Akyllas Karazisis
Gerasimos
Also in
Highway to Hellas
One Day in August
Dimitris Kapouranis
Captain Mitsos Avgoustis (Younger)
Also in
Remember When
The word you don't say
Grigoria Groumpa
Litsa Tsichli (Younger)
No other roles listed
Andreas Votikas
Anthony Avgoustis
No other roles listed
Manolis Mavromatakis
Damian Papalexakis
Known for
The Translators
The Carpenter's Son
Anthi Efstratiadou
Also in
Silent Road
Winona
Alexander Voulgaris Director · Ioanna Karystiani Writer Yorgos Mavropsaridis Editor
First release December 24, 2026 · Produced in Greece · Production Onassis Culture, ΕΚΚΟΜΕΔ
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Black Orange
Production
Onassis Culture
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ΕΚΚΟΜΕΔ
Production
Greece
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Original title
Σουέλ
Original language
Greek
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Greek
Release dates
Greece · December 24, 2026
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