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Learn How to Read and Write, Son
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Wikipedia article
'Learn How to Read and Write, Son' is a 1981 Greek comedy film directed by Thodoros Maragos and starring Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Kostas Tsakonas and Anna Mantzourani.
Plot
The story is set in a mountain village in Arcadia (the movie was filmed in Stemnitsa, Dimitsana and the surrounding areas) shortly after the Metapolitefsi (the fall of the military junta of 196774). The unveiling of a monument to those who died during the Occupation (World War II) stirs up the village, because the name of a communist partisan who was killed was omitted. Periklis (V. Diamantopoulos), a conservative high school teacher, comes to clash with his wife and his two sons over whether Chrysanthi and her family have a right to put a wreath in memory of the partisan.
Awards
The film won three awards at the 1981 Thessaloniki Film Festival:
Cast
*Vasilis Diamantopoulos ..... 'Pericles Papachristoforos'
*Anna Mantzourani ..... 'Elpida Papachristoforou'
*Kostas Tsakonas ..... 'Demosthenes Papachristoforos'
*Nikos Kalogeropoulos ..... 'Socrates Papachristoforos'
*Christos Kalavrouzos ..... 'Kanavos'
*Dimos Avdeliodis .....
*Giorgos Vrasivanopoulos
References
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