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\u2018Brando hit all the right notes.\u2019 <\/b>
\n\u2013 Theresa Carroll, Filmink.<\/i><\/h4>\n

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Tsonis captures an Athens seldom glimpsed by outsiders \u2013 balancing grit and elegance in equal measure, with cinematographer Joerg Gruber\u2019s intuitive handheld camerawork shaping the film\u2019s raw and lyrical movement through the city. Into this visual tapestry, English and Greek are woven seamlessly.<\/p>\n

We walk alongside Luca as he desperately tries to wrangle life to fit his dreams. He seizes Athens by the throat \u2013 shouting his own lines to balconies, commanding traffic like a conductor without hands, dressing like a bloated theatre-goer, crowing like a vulture over his neighbourhood, provoking police with reckless intent. Every act becomes a performance. Every moment risks collapse. Athens is his stage \u2014 and no one has the script.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Brando hit all the right notes.\u2019 <\/b>
\u2013 Theresa Carroll, Filmink.<\/i><\/h4>\n

Tsonis captures an Athens seldom glimpsed by outsiders \u2013 balancing grit and elegance in equal measure, with cinematographer Joerg Gruber\u2019s intuitive handheld camerawork shaping the film\u2019s raw and lyrical movement through the city. Into this visual tapestry, English and Greek are woven seamlessly.<\/p>\n

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