Plato's Academy (film)

Plato's Academy (Greek: Ακαδημία Πλάτωνος) is a 2009 Greek-German comedy-drama film directed by Filippos Tsitos, starring Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Anastas Kozdine, Titika Saringouli, Giorgos Souxes, Kostas Koronaios, Panayiotis Stamatakis and Maria Zorba.[1]

Plato's Academy
Directed byFilippos Tsitos
Written byAlexis Kardaras
Produced byThanassis Karathanos
Moriatis Konstantinos
Starring
  • Antonis Kafetzopoulos
  • Anastas Kozdine
  • Titika Saringouli
  • Giorgos Souxes
  • Kostas Koronaios
  • Panayiotis Stamatakis
  • Maria Zorba
CinematographyPolidefkis Kirlidis
Edited byDimitris Peponis
Music byStavros Markonis
Production
companies
Pan Entertainment
Twenty Twenty Vision
Release dates
13 August 2009 (Locarno Film Festival)
15 October 2009 (Greece)
Running time
103 minutes
CountriesGreece
Germany
LanguagesGreek
Albanian
German

Cast
  • Antonis Kafetzopoulos as Stavros
  • Anastas Kozdine as Marenglen
  • Titika Saringouli as Harikleia
  • Giorgos Souxes as Nikos
  • Kostas Koronaios as Argyris
  • Panayiotis Stamatakis as Thymios
  • Maria Zorba as Dina
  • Platonas Brakoulias
  • Maria Stefou
  • Konstadina Tzortzi
  • Nikos Zoiopoulos

Release

The film premiered at the 2009 Locarno Festival and was a finalist for the 2010 Lux Prize.[2]

Reception

Joseph Proimakis of Cineuropa wrote that the film "mercilessly bites into one of the darkest traits of any modern multicultural society and turns it on its head, all the while holding onto its humanistic sensibilities and maintaining a delicate balance between the universal social commentary and the specificity of the hero’s story."[2]

Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the film offers "wry wisdom and steady laughs in its acute observation about a formerly heterogeneous society’s confrontation with otherness."[3]

Jay Weissberg of Variety called the film a "weak comedy with few laughs and little insight."[4]

References
  1. "Grieche oder nicht Grieche?". Schnitt. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  2. Proimakis, Joseph (24 August 2010). "Plato's Academy". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  3. Honeycutt, Kirk (14 October 2010). "Plato's Academy — Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  4. Weissberg, Jay (17 August 2009). "Plato's Academy". Variety. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
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