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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2001 - 14.21 July

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BACKDOOR

Category: Edition 2001

Synopsis
Athens 1966. Dimitris, 13, unexpectedly loses his father. Seeing his pampered mother collapse, the boy gets carried away and decides to skip childhood in order to stand by her. When he feels ready, he has to claim his mother back from an up-and-coming star of the military regime. A brutal coming-of-age story, where Dimitris reacts in vengeance, changing thus the course of Greek history...

Original Title Piso porta
Italian Title Backdoor
Category Official Competition
Section Rear Window
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 105'
Production Year 2000
Directed by Yorgos Tsemperopoulos
Screenplay Dennis Iliadis, Yorgos Tsemberopoulos
Main cast Konstandinos Papadimitriou, Alexandriani Sikelianou, Haris Sozos

 regista Yorgos TsemperopoulosYORGOS TSEMPEROPOULOS

Born in Athens, studied Economics at the Athens University of Economics & Business while working as a still photographer, then studied directing at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, where he lived and worked until 1981. In Athens, in 1987, he founded Filmiki Productions SA, where he produces commercials and directs features. ex Board Member of the Greek Film Center, ex member of the Jury of Thessaloniki Film Festival. Founding member of the Greek Directors/producers Guild, and currently Board member of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival and of Greenpeace Hellas.