Costas has recently become a security guard in a
public hospital. When his older brother suddenly dies, he not only has to take
care of his
little niece Niki, but also has to find the money to cover the
debts left by his brother. The family home is in danger of being seized. He
gets caught up in a juicy scheme: making up medical malpractice cases out of
nothing. When a doctor from his hospital, unjustly accused, appears at his home
to ask him for help, he implodes under the pressure.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Penny Panayotopoulou is a writer, director, producer,
born in Athens. She studied political sciences in the Athens University and
cinema in the Polytechnic of Central London.
Her debut feature film Hard Goodbyes: My Father
(2002) premiered in the 55th Locarno Film Festival, where it was awarded the Leopard
for Best Actor, and the ecumenical jury prize.
In the Thessaloniki International Film Festival the
film won the FIPRESCI Prize (for its acute symbiosis of daily routine and
metaphorical sense of life), the award for Best Actor, and
the Greek Critics Union Award. From The Greek ministry of culture (Greek
Academy Awards ) it received the Best New Director prize. Among
numerous international festivals, the film participated the Toronto
International film Festival in the Discovery Section, and set out for an
acclaimed international career followed by many awards at many festivals
worldwide.
Her film September (2013) premiered in the
official competition of the 48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to
critical acclaim, was nominated six times for the Hellenic Film Academy Awards
where it won best leading actress award and among others
festivals , it has participated in the Toronto, Goteborg , Rotterdam,
Hong Kong IFF.
She has directed and produced a number of creative
documentaries of an intense social and psychological background.
For several years (2004 to 2008) she has
taught cinematography in the Film Studies Department of the
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She is a Nipkow alumni (2010)
and a member of the European film Academy
Wishbone (2024) is her third film.