A short story finds new life as a film
An autobiographical short story from Nikos Papandreou’s book «Deka mythoi kai mia istoria» (Ten Myths and a Story) is now a film. The book was first published in 1995 by Kastaniotis and is now in its 51st edition. It has been translated into English and German. Director Olga Malea’s film «Proti fora nonos» (First Time Godfather) is based on the story «Oi Agioi Pantes» (All Saints), where the California-born eldest son of a political family goes to Crete to act as godfather to the child of a local party cadre and aspiring parliamentary deputy. He becomes a godfather for the first time to show everyone, above all his father, that he is a worthy son. His foreign appearance and shaky Greek, the local customs and the trials he undergoes to prove himself all make for a tragicomic scenes with a political dimension and existential angst. The film, starring Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Elenis Katsani, Tex Pardue and Giorgos Kimoulis, premieres October 4.
