Backdoor (2000)
Original title: Πίσω Πόρτα
Backdoor is a 2000 Greek-language drama movie directed by Giorgos Tsemperopoulos, with a running time of 1h 45m. It stars Konstandinos Papadimitriou, Alexandriani Sikelianou and Charis Sozos.
Athens 1966. Dimitris, 13, unexpectedly loses his father. Seeing his pampered mother collapse, the boy gets carried away and decides to skip childhood in order to stand by her. When he feels ready, he has to claim his mother back from an up-and-coming star of the military regime. A brutal coming-of-age story, where Dimitris reacts in vengeance, changing thus the course of Greek history...
Cast
- Konstandinos Papadimitriou as Dimitris
- Alexandriani Sikelianou as Foteini
- Charis Sozos as Apostolos
- Ieroklis Michaelidis as Uncle Ilias
- Antonis Kafetzopoulos as Giannis Kemeras
- Margarita Anthidou as Officer's Wife #1
- Vassiliki Deliou as Officer's Wife #2
- Yiorgos Kalantzis as Officer
- Stavros Psyllakis as Officer
- Alexandros Tsakiris as Officer
- Ioanna Pappa
- Akindynos Gkikas as Mihalis