Lefteris Dimakopoulos is a Greek film released in 1993, directed by Periklis Hoursoglou. The film stars Nikos Georgakis, Maria Skoula and Nikos Orphanos. The film won four awards in Greek State Film Awards, as well the best film award in Greek Film Critics Association Awards.
Plot
The story takes place during the last years of the Junta. Lefteris, a young man with dreams aspires to become a successful and free man. So he leaves from his agricultural village and refuses to work in the fish market, to study in the Polytechnic University of Athens. In Athens, he lives with his girlfriend Dimitra, despite the opposition of his uncle who pay tuitions of his studies.
During one of his visits to Dimitra, he makes her pregnant, becomes furious when he discovers she is with child. She has an abortion, and then leaves him for good.
Nevertheless, the next years, he feels that his relation with Dimitra becomes an obstacle to his ambitions. Finally he breaks up with his girlfriend. After many years he has become a successful engineer, but a visit of his best friend reminds him in the lost love with Dimitra. Then, he perceives that he hadn't won happiness.
Cast Nikos Georgakis as Lefteris Maria Skoula as Dimitra Nikos Orphanos as Panayiotis
Awards + List of awards and nominations Award Category Recipients and nominees Result1993 Greek State Film AwardsBest FilmPeriklis HoursoglouBest CinematographyStamatis GiannoulisBest Production DesignAnastasia ArseniBest First Film DirectorPeriklis HoursoglouGreek Film Critics Association AwardsBest FilmPeriklis Hoursoglou
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