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\u2018[Brando with a Glass Eye] explores friendship, guilt, shame, loss, domestic violence, and escape through the eyes of a budding actor frustrated in a city that he feels has abandoned him.\u2019 <\/b>
\u2013 Tasos Kokkinidis, Greek Reporter<\/i><\/h4>\n

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Critical acclaim has described the film as \u201ca remarkable contribution to contemporary cinema\u201d and Tsonis as \u201cthe new voice of Greek cinema.\u201d<\/div>\n
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A contemporary filmmaker, [Tsonis] is especially focused on stories about characters struggling on the fringes of society. His themes are contemporary, and his style is timeless \u2013 his stories could be set in any language or in any city.<\/div>\n

source: www.greekreporter.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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