Park

Park

2016 · 100 min · ★ 4.4 · Drama

Ten years after the 2004 Olympic Games, a group of boys live among the abandoned sports facilities of the Olympic Village in Athens. The boys stroll among the ruins, setting up games and organizing dog matings to make money. Dimitris and Anna try to escape from the Village and direct themselves towards the tourist hotels of the southern suburbs. As their adventures continue and the two children enter the tourists' lives, Dimitris' desire for acceptance will be tested in a violent way.

Directed by Sofia Exarchou · Written by Sofia Exarchou

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Dimitris Kitsos Dimitris
Dimitra Vlagopoulou Anna
Thomas Bo Larsen Jens
Enuki Gvenatadze Markos
Lena Kitsopoulou Dimitris' Mother
Yorgos Pandeleakis Mother's boyfriend
Julio Katsis
Goga Tsiklauri
David Szymczak
Teo Angelov
Savvas Bakachashvili
Minella Balli

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