Piso porta (2000)

Director:

Yorgos Tsemperopoulos

Writers:

Dennis Iliadis (writer)
Yorgos Tsemperopoulos (writer)

Release Date:

6 October 2000 (Greece)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Anti Communist | Hippie Commune | Coup D'état | Political Campaign | 1960s

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Konstandinos Papadimitriou	...	Dimitris Kemeras
Alexandriani Sikelianou	...	Foteini Kemera
Haris Sozos	...	Apostolos Dedes
Ieroklis Michaelidis	...	Uncle Ilias
Antonis Kafetzopoulos	...	Giannis Kemeras
Margarita Anthidou	...	Officer's Wife #1
Vassiliki Deliou	...	Officer's Wife #2
Yorgos Kalaitzis	...	Officer #1
Stavros Psyllakis	...	Officer #2
Alexandros Tsakiris	...	Officer #3
Dimitris Adamopoulos	...	Architect
Matias Simounets	...	Psimikakis
Giorgos Basiakos	...	Technician
Yannis Tsikis	...	Urban Planning Officer #1
Stathis Voutos	...	Urban Planning Officer #2

Also Known As:

Backdoor (International: English title)

Runtime:

Argentina:105 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Country:

Greece | France | Romania

Language:

Greek

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (cable rating)

Company:

Alpha TV

Goofs:

Anachronisms: At one point the young hero gets a Playboy magazine in his hands. While the movie takes places in the spring of 1967 (just a few months before the military coup take over in Greece), the issue shown is of the December of 1972, five years later.

Movie Connections:

Features To allo gramma (1976)

Soundtrack:

Athina kai pali Athina

The first good Greek coming-of-age film (or why scenario matters).

Greece is a country with many wonderful directors. That is why Greece produced so many good "director's films". The thing that Greece doesn't have is good screenwriters. "I Piso Porta" is not a "director's film". Is a film with a good scenario. For those who have been previously interested in the Greek film, "I Piso Porta" made a major breakthrough on this point. Yiorgos Tsemberopoulos showed us how to make a good coming-of-age film, the Greek way. For those who wish to see it in cinemas around the world an advice: Read a thing or two about the Greek political situation back in the '60s. It will help you to appreciate the film. For the Greeks "I Piso Porta" was a long awaited film. We welcome it.