Planet Athens

In summer Athens, shortly before the start of the Olympic Games arrive with basic occasion of the most important sporting appointment, people from every corner of the Earth. Among them a couple from the country of the rising sun, which aims to unite the bonds of marriage, a French artist of the lens and a amerikanidoula who fall in love under the hot sun, an east returning years later to the place he met his big love, mingle with the locals characters you see forming before them something new.

Directed by Dimitris Athanitis, Planet Athens leans on a strong ensemble — Dimitris Alexandris, Katerina Didaskalou, Ekavi Douma — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 2005.