J.A.C.E.
- Director: Menelaos Karamaghiolis
- Writer: Menelaos Karamaghiolis, Nicholas Panoutsopoulos
- Producer: Fenia Cossovitsa, Pandora da Cunha Telles, Aikaterini Economou, Mete Gümürhan, Pablo Iraola, Menelaos Karamaghiolis, Kostas Kefalas, Kostas Lambropoulos, Nicholas Panoutsopoulos, Zoran Risteski, Ceyda Tufan, Konstantina Vonorta
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Twice-orphaned Jace, a seven-year-old Albanian of Greek origin, witnesses a massacre that wipes out his entire foster family in Argyrokastron, and then falls in the hands of a bunch of ruthless gangsters who "export" children abroad for various profitable reasons (ranging from beggary to organ trade). Jace ends up in Athens, Greece, begging at street corners, exploring the secret horrors of brutal institutions for young offenders or, much later, serving obscure patrons, in an underworld where violent loss seems to be his only destiny. The movie follows Jace's inverted Odyssey in a dark universe of abuse, murder and fear, as he desperately (and silently) seeks for a "family" of his own or, at least, for a sense of belonging.
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Cast & Characters
Alban Ukaj (as Jace)
Stefania Goulioti (as Maria)
Argyris Xafis (as Angelos Karras)
Ieronymos Kaletsanos (as Antonio)
Minas Hatzisavvas (as Officer Dimitriou)
Kora Karvouni (as Alma)
Akilas Karazisis (as Dr. Markos Kruger)
Yannis Tsortekis (as Thomas Tepelenis)
Diogo Infante (as Nikolas)
Christos Loulis (as Father)
Franco Trevisi (as Andrei)
Kostas Berikopoulos (as Officer Banias)
Soma Badekas (as Jace - Child)
Giorgos Mellos (as Jace - Teenager)
Labros Filippou (as Argentina)