On Christmas Eve, on a small snow-covered Aegean island in the late 19th century, Ahtitsa, a poor elderly woman, struggles to raise her two orphaned grandchildren, with the help of her kind neighbor Gerbinho. Just as despair is about to consume her, a check from her long-lost son in America brings hope. When the village grocer attempts to exploit her ignorance of its true value, a chance intervention by a stranded merchant from Syros gifts Ahtitsa a brighter future.
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Matina Douskou
Ahtitsa
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Olia Lazaridou
Gerbinho
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Alexandros Mavropoulos
Margaritis
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Vasilis Magouliotis
Teacher
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Antonis Kafetzopoulos
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Stelios Mainas
Merchant
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Alexandros Papadiamantis
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Christos Giannoulis
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Patis Koutsaftis
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Panagiotis Rappas Director · Alexandros Papadiamantis Story Yiannis Karapiperidis Editor
First release November 7, 2026 · Produced in Greece · Production Greek Film Centre, ERT
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Pan Entertainment
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Greek Film Centre
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ERT
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Greece
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Original title
Η Σταχομαζώχτρα
Original language
Greek
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Greek
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Greece · November 7, 2026
Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Greece · November 14, 2026
Theatrical · Athens International Children's Film Festival
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Greece
December 17, 2026 · Theatrical