He was born in Arcadia in 1937 and died in Athens in 2019. In the 1950s, he studied film and began working as an assistant director in major studios. He participated in dozens of commercial films, and from the late 1960s, he started directing films for major studio “Finos Films”. After achieving significant box office success, he left cinema in 1973, only to return in 1985, creating 10 feature films until his death. These films were characterized by his personal minimalist style, subtle humor, and a quest to discover the “real Greece” hidden in the countryside, small villages, humble people, folk music, local myths and legends and authentic human relationships. His works gained recognition in contemporary Greek popular culture, with some of their lines becoming part of everyday Greek language. Beyond cinema, he also wrote plays and folk songs. Photo Credits: Finos Films
Young Vassilis runs away from the orphanage, roams around the heart of Athens and then decides to take the train for Tripolis. He wanders about the mountainous regions of Arcadia and comes upon a young woman whose car has broken down. The two of them continue their wanderings the whole summer, until the boy returns to his grandmother’s house, a dilapidated ruin with no sign of life.The young woman is lost and the boy goes down to Tripolis where he works at various jobs in order to make a living. On his name day,Vassilis leaves the city and takes the road back to his village.
CAST
Tassos Miliotis
Olia Lazaridou
Maria Panoutsou
Konstantinos Tzoumas
Dimitra Voulgaridi
Eleni Koutsougera
CREDITS
DIRECTOR: Stavros Tsiolis
SCREENPLAY: Stavros Tsiolis
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Vassilis Kapsouros
SOUND: Kostas Poulantzas
AWARDS
THESSALONIKI FILM FESTIVAL
Best Film
Best Director (Stavros Tsiolis)
Best Cinematography (Vassilis Kapsouros)
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