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Black Stone

2023 · 87 min

A quirky, bittersweet mockumentary that blends absurd humor with a mother's desperate search, offering a satirical yet tender look at family and bureaucracy.

Directed by
Spiros Jacovides
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Eleni Kokkidou, Julio Katsis, Kevin Zans Ansong
Tagline
How far is a Greek mother willing to go in order to bring her missing son back home?
Overview
While shooting a documentary about “missing” civill servants a filmmaking duo stumble upon Charoula, a desperate, overprotective Greek mother searching for her missing civil servant son. But when his name is linked to government fraud with a foreign female accomplice, Charoula sets out her other, disabled son, Lefteris to clear his name. With the help of a Greek African taxi driver and a less than helpful antifa group of misfits, the documentary duo follow Charoula on her quest to find and bring him back home where he belongs, even if it means discovering who her son really is.

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Directed by
Spiros Jacovides
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Eleni Kokkidou, Julio Katsis, Kevin Zans Ansong
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • deception
  • politics
  • parenthood
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • mockumentary
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Spiros Jacovides
Written by
Spiros Jacovides, Ziad Semaan
Starring
Eleni Kokkidou, Julio Katsis, Kevin Zans Ansong, Ahilleas Hariskos, Alexis Vidalakis, Domenika Regou, Antonis Iliakis, Sofia Christofi
Cinematography
Andreas Laskaris
Runtime
87 min
Country
Greece
Languages
Greek

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