Athens & Barcelona, two cities, two love stories, two languages, two realities, two couples that will never meet, two years anniversary... or is it all one?
Two women in neighboring apartments live very different and at the same time very similar lives. The young student Klairi and the middle-aged Danai, seek in each other's company a means to escape their anxieties. At first they're just using each other but eventually they are challenged through a dark and dramatic climax to really open up and come truly close.
Alkis is a shy young man who lives with his paralyzed, authoritarian mother, who spends her hours nostalgic for her old glory as a theater actress. In an attempt to escape from his sterile environment, Alkis tries one of the dating services by phone, thus starting a journey of self-knowledge.
The introduction of this film is set during the time of the Junta (1967-1974) when the main character (Lefteris Dimakopoulos) used to work at the fish-market in Mesolonggi in order to be able to finish his studies at the Polytechnic University. Later on, we watch Lefteris’ life through his relationship with Dimitra, a fellow student. The ups and downs in their relationship during the course of their studies end up in a deadlock, in which they sacrifice their relationship to their quest for success.
Crete 1897. Greek rebels gained their freedom by fighting in the mountains. An allied fleet of French, English, Italian and Russian warships anchored in the port of Chania in protecting Greek and Turkish inhabitants. Rosa Bonaparte, accompanied by twelve girls off at a deserted beach with all the equipment of a Marseille brothel. Installed in a wing of a huge, ruined former Town Hall, where the officers of the allied fleet meet and entertain in the evenings surrounded by undercover agents, military connectors, and speculators : an East-West mosaic of languages, costumes and intrigue ...
