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From the Snow

1993

This highly acclaimed drama from Greek writer/director Sotiris Goritsas, inspired by the Sotiris Dimitriou short story, represented Greece as an official selection for the 1994 Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight. It concerns two young Greek men seeking refuge in Albania. Thomas (Vassilis Eleftheriadis) and Achilleas (Ierassimos Skiadaeressis) make an illegal late-night run at the Greek border, joined by young Nikos (Antonis Manolas), a child whose mother had been killed by Albanian guards. Returning to Athens, they find that the land they had missed and dreamed of so often has changed, refusing to accept the returning refugees or even see them as Greek -- the locals refer to the trio as "Albanians" throughout the film. Demoralized and disillusioned, Thomas is accidentally killed while working at a building site to make ends meet, and Achilleas and Nikos decide to return to their Albanian village rather than stay in an Athens, which clearly has no place for them anymore.

Cast & Crew

GSGS
Gerasimos Skiadaresis

as Ahilleas Nasios

VEVE
Vasias Eleftheriadis

as Thomas Lekkas

AMAM
Andonis Manolas

as Nikos

MPMP
Mania Papadimitriou

as Katerina Drosou

LALA
Lazaros Andreou

as Alkis Katsaris

MNMN
Menelaos Ntaflos

as Boss

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Basic Information
Status
Released
Release Date
3/16/1993
Runtime
1 hours, 30 minutes
Original Language
EL
Financial
Budget
--
Revenue
--
Profit/Loss
--
ROI: N/A
Genres
Drama
Production Countries
Greece (GR)
Spoken Languages
Albanian (sq)
Greek (el)
Production Companies
Greek Film Centre
Greek Film Centre
H
Hyperion