Learn How to Read and Write, Son () is a 1981 Greek drama/comedy film directed by Thodoros Maragos and starring Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Kostas Tsakonas and Anna Mantzourani.
Plot
The story is set in a mountain village in Arcadia (the movie was filmed in Stemnitsa, Dimitsana and the surrounding areas) shortly later the Metapolitefsi (the fall of the military junta of 1967–74). The unveiling of a repository to those who died during the Occupation (World War II) stirs up the village, because the name of a communist partisan who was killed was omitted. Periklis (V. Diamantopoulos), a conservative high school teacher, comes to clash with his wife and his two sons over whether Chrysanthi and her family have a right to put a wreath in memory of the partisan.
Cast
Vasilis Diamantopoulos as Pericles Papachristoforos Anna Mantzourani as Elpida Papachristoforou Kostas Tsakonas as Demosthenes Papachristoforos Nikos Kalogeropoulos as Socrates Papachristoforos Christos Kalavrouzos as Kanavos Dimos Avdeliodis Giorgos Vrasivanopoulos
Awards The film won three awards at the 1981 Thessaloniki Film Festival: + List of awards and nominations Award Category Recipients and nominees Result1981 Thessaloniki Film FestivalBest Leading ActorVasilis DiamantopoulosBest Leading ActressAnna MantzouraniBest Production Design Stamatis Tsarouhas, Angeliki Maragkou
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