Hard Goodbyes: My Father (2002)
1h 53m
Running Time
December 27, 2002Release Date
Hard Goodbyes: My Father (2002)
1h 53m
Running Time
December 27, 2002Release Date
Plot.
Elias is a 10 year old boy living in Athens with his family in 1969 and has an interest in Jules Verne's stories and in astronomy. His father, with whom Elias has a strong relationship, is a travelling salesman and his absence affects the whole family. On the eve of his departure for a long business trip he promises his son that he'll be back in time to watch the moon landing on TV together, but he is killed in a car accident. While Elias' mother and his elder brother deal with the loss in their own way, Elias refuses to accept his father's death. He creates an imaginary world, in which his father is alive. He shares fictitious stories with his friends, he sends letters to his grandmother on behalf of his father and he dreams of places like he did with him. Elias' mother and his godfather, who do everything to bring him back to reality, take him to a summer house. On the night of the moon landing Elias meets his father in his own way and comes to terms with his loss.
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Cast & Crew.

Yorgos Karayannis
Ilias Manolopoulos

Stelios Mainas
Hristos Manolopoulos

Ioanna Tsirigouli
Mother

Ioanna Tsirigouli
Mother

Christos Stergioglou
Theodosis

Hristos Bouyotas
Aris Manolopoulos

Despo Diamantidou
Grandmother

Penny Panayotopoulou
Director / Writer

Jan Fleischer
Screenplay

Stavros Sofianopoulos
Original Music Composer

Dimitris Katsaitis
Director of Photography

Dimitris Drosos
Car Buyer

Nikos Panayotopoulos
Writer

Thanassis Karathanos
Producer

Kostas Lambropoulos
Producer

Petar Marković
Editor

Christina Akzoti
CastingDirector

Alex Kelly
CastingDirector

Haris Kontoyannis
CastingDirector

Harris Papadopoulos
CastingDirector

Kostas Kefalas
ProductionDesigner
Media.

Details.
Release DateDecember 27, 2002
Original NameΔύσκολοι Αποχαιρετισμοί: Ο μπαμπάς μου
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 53m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
orphan
childhood
woman director
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