Backdoor

Story

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...

Director

Giorgos Tsemperopoulos

Writers

Giorgos Tsemperopoulos, Dennis Iliadis

Language

Greek, Modern

Country

France, Greece, Romania

Release date

6 October 2000

Ensemble

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

• Akindynos Gkikas

  Mihalis