"Memories, betrayals and secrets"
A half-hour narrative fiction short that explores the Greek experience in Australia. Memories, betrayals and secrets emerge from the past when Katina's mother comes from Greece to visit the family. The bitter embrace between mother and daughter is observed by Katina's own daughter, Sophia, who must play her own role in this moving drama of estrangement.
Phillipa Adgemis
Katina
Stella Stefandis
Grandmother Sophia
George Harlem
Basili
Xaris Miller
Sophia
Jenny Nassiou
Crystalo
Maureen Hartley
Madge
Valerie Bastoni
Woman at Airport #1
Serenella Prelaz
Woman at Airport #2
Anna Piantoni
Katina (Flashback)
A half-hour narrative fiction short that explores the Greek experience in Australia. Memories, betrayals and secrets emerge from the past when Katina's mother comes from Greece to visit the family. The bitter embrace between mother and daughter is observed by Katina's own daughter, Sophia, who must play her own role in this moving drama of estrangement.
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