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Happy Homecoming, Comrades

1986 · 90 min

A quiet, moving documentary that lingers on faces and memories as displaced people finally come home after decades away.

Directed by: Lefteris Xanthopoulos
Genres: Documentary, Drama
Starring: Athina Papadimitriu, Péter Trokán, Polyhronis Zefteridis

Overview: Eighteen hundred Greek political refugees and their children return to Greece after 35 years of exile in the village of Beloiannisz, built near Budapest in 1950.

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Directed by: Lefteris Xanthopoulos
Genres: Documentary, Drama
Starring: Athina Papadimitriu, Péter Trokán, Polyhronis Zefteridis

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
family
memory
identity
politics
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: documentary, drama
Directed by: Lefteris Xanthopoulos
Written by: Thanassis Scroubelos, Yiorgos Bramos, Ibolya Fekete
Starring: Athina Papadimitriu, Péter Trokán, Polyhronis Zefteridis, Atila Benzik, Stavroula Foulina, Maria Galani, Giannoula Goula
Cinematography: Andreas Sinanos
Runtime: 90 min
Country: Greece
Languages: Greek

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