Writing
A dystopian workplace at the Perama shipyard. A ban on physical contact has turned human interaction into otherworldly simulations. The suppression of touch has alienated the workers communication transforming the boatyard into a charged landscape of alienation and repressed sensuality beyond stereotypical heteronormative desires. According to local legend, the Persian King Xerxes watched the overwhelming defeat of his fleet from his throne on the rocky peaks of Mount Egaleo, in today’s Perama.
A violent change in the environment is reflected on a family's collision. A young girl has to leave her dog behind, before her family abandons their home in the village, because of the construction of a dam.
As the winter season begins in Creta, an overly touristic Greek island, a family of locals, owners of a small struggling bed & breakfast, get an unexpected visit from a Nordic family of tourists looking for a tour into the piratic past of the area. The relationship between Manos, the Greek father and Tassos, his son, is being tested as they are struggling to meet the increasingly challenging demands of the tourists looking to live the authentic pirate experience.
The film takes place in a student dining hall. A rather lonely student is the narrator. As a frequent visitor of the hall, in his third year of study, he introduces us to the workers in it. He singles out one of the employees, whose name we never learn. Between them there will be a friction with repercussions in the lives of both.
