Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria

Δεκαπενταύγουστος
Greece, 2001, 105mins (Drama)
Director Constantinos Giannaris

Written by Constantinos Giannaris
Produced by Yorgos Lykiardopoulos & Pantelis Mitropoulos
Cast: Eleni Kastani, Akilas Karazisis, Amalia Moutoussi, Emilios Chilakis, Theodora Tzimou, Michalis Iatropoulos, Costas Kotsianidis, Maria Ioannidou, Hristos Mitselos

“A road movie with a difference… Punctuated with humour, poignancy and small everyday miracles.” Melbourne International Film Festival

Filmmaker Constantinos Giannaris weaves together different stories, each depicting a mother-child relationship, that occur concurrently over 24 hours on the Greek national holiday marking the Assumption of the Virgin Mary – that one day in August (15th).

Against a warm and seductive summer landscape, the residents of an apartment block escape Athens for the last hurrah of the season. While they enjoy their holiday, a 17 year-old burglar breaks into their empty homes and, through his eyes, we see the dark side of their sunny existence – hidden desires and telling secrets.

Three apartments, three parallel stories, three takes on everyday life and the miracles they all pray will happen.

Festivals & Awards: Melbourne International Film Festival 2002, Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2001 (Winner of the Critics Award), Berlin International Film Festival 2002 (Golden Bear nomination)

About the Director:
Born in Australia in 1959, Constantinos Giannaris studied Finance, History and Philosophy at the Universities of Kiel (Germany) and Birmingham (UK). His cinema career started in England where he worked on short independent films. Before One Day in August, he made the English language 3 Steps to Heaven (1995), and From the Edge of the City (1998), which also screens in this year’s Best Of program.

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