Spring Awakening
Original Title
To xypnima tis anoixis- Director: Constantine Giannaris
- Writer: Constantine Giannaris; Maria Powell
- Producer: George Kiriakos; Yorgos Kyriakos
CGiii Comment
The story of five teenagers who are setting up an armed gang: a mosaic of love, lost relationships, betrayal and nihilism, that takes place in a declining Athens, where everything is collapsing within the economic and social crisis. The film has strong political metaphors against the EU, the banks and the political elite of our country. The film is not gay cinema per se. One of the young heroes is Christos, a closeted politico-anarchist who falls for his best girlfriend's lover and hitman of the gang, Alex. Once Alex makes love to Christos, he distances himself from the girl.
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Cast & Characters
Armando Dauti as Nikos;
Konstantinos Elmatzioglou as Alexandros;
Muco Fabrixhio as Aris;
Adrian Frieling as German man;
Akis Gourzoulidis as Christos Interrogator;
Marlene Kaminsky as German woman;
Rena Kyprioti;
Julie Lefevre as Rodopi;
Kostas Nikouli as Christos;
Daphne Patakia as Ioanna;
Rania Schiza as Anna;
Konstadina Takalou as Eleni;
Giouli Tsagaraki as Mimosa;
Yannis Tsortekis as Kostas;
Michelangelo Tzegia as Ermir