The Dog

In the Aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster and the “death” of the Soviet Union, a team of Russian scientists seeks “immortality” on a tiny Greek island and in the philosophy of Pythagoras. Along with a survivor of the disaster, the nuclear physicist Andrei, as their leader, they create a commune on the island and establish there an esoteric school. The film presents the development of their ideas and their adventurous relation with the local community, as it is now Greece’s turn to sink inside its own big crisis. A quest for certainties in an era of total uncertainty.

The four heroes' base is an old duplex with a garden and a terrace in the city. In the post-lifestyle era, in the neighborhood with souvlaki shops, post-modern grocery stores and all-day cafés, they are looking for something from the old world that they already know well, having survived the Greek crisis, the memoranda, the anti-smoking law, unemployment, coronavirus and quarantine. The Greek's emotionality clashes with the European model of life with protagonists "Almost Adults" who try to enjoy their everyday life. The bet: will it be easy for them to stand up to whatever incredible things happen to them from now on?

A devoted but underappreciated housewife's brief taste of autonomy as a mall cleaner (where she is a popular, model employee) is threatened by pending layoffs.