Backdoor (2000)

5.8/10 105 min Drama

Overview

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...

Cast

Konstandinos Papadimitriou

Dimitris

Alexandriani Sikelianou

Foteini

Charis Sozos

Apostolos

Ieroklis Michaelidis

Uncle Ilias

Antonis Kafetzopoulos

Giannis Kemeras

Margarita Anthidou

Officer's Wife #1

Vassiliki Deliou

Officer's Wife #2

Yiorgos Kalantzis

Officer

Stavros Psyllakis

Officer

Alexandros Tsakiris

Officer

Ioanna Pappa

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