Plato's Academy
Jul 22 2009
•2h 43m
•Drama, Comedy
A Greek shopkeeper discovers something about his family's past when his mother embraces an Albanian worker.
Cast
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Antonis Kafetzopoulos
Stavros
Anastasias Kozdine
Marenglen
Titika Sarigouli
Harikleia
Giorgos Souxes
Nikos
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