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Director
  
Babis Makridis

Initial DVD release
  
October 29, 2012 (Greece)

Duration
  

Language
  
Greek

5.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Drama

Music director
  
Coti

Country
  
Greece

L (film) movie poster

Based on
  
an original idea by Yorgos Giokas

Writer
  
Efthymis Filippou, George Giokas (original story by), Babis Makridis

Initial release
  
February 23, 2012 (Greece)

Cast
  
Aris Servetalis
(Man),
Efthymis Papadimitriou
(Black Rider),
Lefteris Matthaiou
(Bear),
Nota Cherniavsky
(Wife)

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L (Learning) is a Greek movie produced in 2011, directed by Babis Makridis, written by Babis Makridis and Efthymis Filippou, based on an original idea by Yorgos Giokas. It is the first Greek movie selected to compete at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival (19–29 January 2012) where its international premiere will take place. The movie is also nominated to compete in the official Tiger Awards competition in the International Film Festival Rotterdam (25 January – 5 February 2012) where its European premiere will take place.The film was nominated for Best Script award at the Hellenic Film Academy Awards. A six-minute extract of the movie was first released at the Work Progress Section of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, at the Czech Republic in July 2011. L is Makridis's first feature film. His short film The Last Fakir (2005) was awarded the Newcomer's Prize at the 2005 International Short Film Festival in Drama which takes place in Greece.

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Plot

A Man lives in his car. He is 40 years old and although he does not have a lot of free time, when he does, he chooses to spend it with his family. He meets his wife and two children at a specified day and time in car parking lots. His job is to locate and bring the finest honey to a 50-year-old man. A New Driver shows up and the Man gets fired. The Man’s life changes and he finds it absurd that no one trusts him anymore.

Cast

  • Aris Servetalis as the Man
  • Makis Papadimitriou as the Black Rider
  • Yannis Bostantzoglou as the Boss
  • Eleftherios Matthaios as The Bear
  • Nota Tserniafski as the Wife
  • Stavros Raptis as the Friend
  • Thanassis Dimou as the New Driver
  • Christoforos Skamnakis as the Yachtsman
  • Pavlos Makridis as the Son
  • Natalia Tserniafski as the Daughter
  • Alexis Kanakis as Motorbiker
  • Antonis Iliakis as Meteor

    • Filming

    Filming took place during March and April 2011 in outdoor locations in Attica, Greece and additional filming took place at the end of July 2011. Filming was concluded within 27 days.

    Technical information

    The movie was filmed in 35mm with an Arriflex BL camera, is 87 minutes long, in colour, sound Dolby SRD, language Greek with English subtitles, 1:85:1 format, edited in Avid.

    Production credentials

  • Directed, by Babis Makridis
  • Script, Efthymis Filippou Babis Makridis, based on an original idea by Yorgos Giokas about a man who lives in his car
  • Location Manager, Dimitris Chalkiadakis
  • Line Producer, Yorgos Papadimitriou
  • Sets, Dafni Kalogianni
  • Costumes, Dimitris Papathomas
  • Sound, Stefanos Efthimiou
  • Mixing/Sound Design, Costas Fylaktidis
  • Music, Coti K
  • Editor, Yannis Chalkiadakis
  • Director of Photography, Thimios Bakatakis
  • Executive Producer, Peter Carlton, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos
  • Production, Beben Films (Amanda Livanou, Babis Makridis)
  • Co Production, NOVA, Feelgood Entertainment, Faliro House Productions, Top Cut, Modiano S.A., Dennis Iliadis, Efthymis Filippou, Yannis Chalkiadakis, Thimios Bakatakis, Yorgos Papadimitriou, Dimitris Papathomas, in association with Warp Films and the support of the Greek Film Center.

    • Release and distribution

    The movie will be released in Greek movie theaters in February 2012 by Feelgood Entertainment movie distribution company.

    Festivals

    Sundance Film Festival 2012 . Official selection world drama competition.

    Rotterdam Film Festival 2012 . IFFR's Tiger Awards Competition.

    Copenhagen Film Festival 2012. Official competition for New talent grand pix

    Indielisboa 2012. Official Competition.

    Seattle International Film Festival 2012. New Directors Competition.

    Melbourne International Film Festival 2012. Competition Telescope Section.

    Mumbai Film Festival 2012. International Competition.

    42 Molodist. Kyiv Film Festival 2012. International Competition. WINNER THE GRAND PRIX OF MOLODIST

    Arizona Underground Film Festival 2012. International Competition.

    Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux 2012. International Competition.

    36o São Paulo International Film Festival. New Directors Competition.

    Shadowline Salerno 2012. Official Competition.

    Sydney Film Festival 2012. Section Push Me to the Edge

    D' A Festival Internacional de cinema d'author de Barcelona 2012.

    Istanbul Film festival 2012. At a special section called " What's happening in Greece?"

    Karlovy Vary 2012. Section Another View.

    Stockholm Film Festival 2012. Section Twilight Zone .

    19th Greek Film Festival 2012 (Melbourne).

    Eurasia Film Festival 2012. Section Cinema bridge: East

    23 Ljubljana Film Festival 2012. Section Panorama

    Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo. 2012. Section: Focus Europa : Greece.

    27º Festival international de cine de mar del plata FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE MAR DEL PLATA

    18ο Vilnius International Film Festival Lithuania Programm Discoveries

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    References

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