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The Child Who Measured the World

The Child Who Measured the World

All ages 2024 · 104 min · ★ 5.6 · Drama

Alexandre Varda, a powerful property developer of Greek origin, finds his life suddenly turned upside down. On the same day, he is sacked by his sharhold- ers and learns of the death of his daughter, whom he has not seen for 12 years. When he arrives in Greece the next day to repatriate the body, he also discovers that he is the grandfather of a 9-year-old boy with autistic syndrome...

Directed by Takis Candilis · Written by Samy Baaroun

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