Angelo

HELIAS DOULIS | GREECE | 2024 | 13 MIN | NO DIALOGUE

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Synopsis

In 1990s Athens, Angelo, an Albanian young man working at a record store, is eager to begin anew. A fleeting encounter with a client draws him into a world that feels strangely familiar. But will that cost him much?

Filmmaker Bio

Upon finishing his Writing and Film studies in 2015 in the United Kingdom, Helias Doulis returned to Greece where he shot his first semi-autobiographical feature film The Nest. Doulis' obsession with adult cinema brought him to Paris, London and finally to Athens, shooting films with the men he adored younger. He's just completed his short film, Angelo, discussing the story of a young Albanian immigrant who's landed in the Greece of 1990s to secure a better life for himself.

Producer

Helias Doulis

Writer

Helias Doulis

Cinematographer

Konstantinos Andrikoulas

Cast

James Rodi
Iacovos Camhis

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