Dust

Η Σκόνη που πέφτει
I Skoni pou pefti

Chronis, a successful journalist, lives a comfortable life in Athens with his wife and two children. His father, a schoolteacher by profession, was conscripted during the Greek civil war in the army reserves to fight against the rebels. In the course of battle, his father disappeared. At the end of the war, he was recognised by the government as having “died in the service of his country” and his family was subsequently granted benefits awarded to the families of war victims.

One night, as Chronis is watching a historical documentary on the civil war, he is shocked to see whom he believes to be his father, fighting on the side of the rebels.

The notion that his father defected to the rebel side overwhelms him and he begins an exhaustive investigation that sees him travelling to various parts of Greece and former Eastern Bloc countries, such as Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, which played host to Greek political refugees after the end of the war. In trying to piece together fragments of his father’s past, he sources information from the jarred memories of former guerrilla fighters. No-one is able to provide him with the closure he seeks. The startling truth is to be found in a film archive.


Director: Tasos Psarras | Rating: R 18+ | 2004 | Drama | 98 minutes | Greek with English subtitles

Director's Bio - Tasos Psarras

Born in Thessaloniki in 1948, Tasos Psarras studied at the University of Thessaloniki, the Thessaloniki School of Theatre and Film, the Stavrakos Film School and Hadzikou Film School in Athens. Apart from his work in cinema, Tasos Psarras has a distinguished career in television, directing dozens of documentaries on cultural and social subjects, as well as a large number of serials for which he has won many awards.

PRINCIPAL CAST

Sophocles Peppas, Themis Bazaka, Giorgos Armenis, Marika Tziralidou, Thodoros Boyiadjis. Katia Yerou, Emily Koliandri, Anestis Vlachos, Angeliki Lemoni, Leos Sucharipa, Areti Paschali, Babis Hadjidakis.

AWARDS

28th Cairo International Film Festival
   Best Actor - Sophocles Peppas (shared)

DIRECTOR's – PREVIOUS FILMS

1969 PRESENCE

1970 40-38, 22-57
Thessaloniki Film Festival, Critics Award 1970

1971 Super Spectacle

1972 Mellele

1973 The Miracle
Thessaloniki Film Festival, Critics Award 1973

1974 For Trivial Reasons
Thessaloniki Film Festival, Best Actor Award 1974, Participated in the Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes 1975 and the Venice Berlinale

1976 May Day 1936
French Cinematheque 1977

1981 The Factory
Thessaloniki Film Festival (1981), Best Film Award and Critics’ State Award for Best Film 1981
Grand Prix (Golden Umbrella) Aurillac Festival France

1986 Caravan Serai
Thessaloniki Film Festival (1986) Best Film, Best Actress in a supporting role, Best Set Design and Critics Awards, State Award for Best Film of 1986. Released theatrically in the USA thereafter.

1991 The Other Side
Thessaloniki Film Festival (1991) Best Actress Award

1998 Numbered
Thessaloniki Film Festival (1991) Best Supporting Actor Award

2004 Dust
 

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL SCREENINGS

45th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, 2004
28th Cairo International Film Festival, 2004
Berlinale 2005 – 55th Berlin International Film Festival - European Film Market Section


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