Brought up in California, offspring of an important political family, 11 year old Alex travels to Crete in order to baptize the baby child of a local cacique and parliamentary candidate. He will be a GODFATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME in order to prove to everybody and mainly to his father that he is a worthy son.

His foreign looks, his difficulty with Greek language, the Cretan's particularities and the tests he has to go through in order to be accepted as a worthy son of the Leader, create a comedy with a political background, existential distresses and tragicomic situations. His first baptism-initiation in the art and tricks of politics will mark him for the rest of his life.

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS & RECOGNITION

• New York City Film Festival, USA, 2009, competition:
  • CELEBRATE GREECE.COM's award for feature film
• Cairo International Film Festival for Children, Cairo, 2008, main competition
• Seoul International Youth Film Festival, Korea, 2008, screening
• Hamburg Children's and Youth Film Festival, Germany, 2008, screening
• International Youth Film Festival of Rimouski, Canada, 2008, screening
• Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil, 2008, screening
• St Paul Film Festival, Minneapolis, USA, 2009, screening
• Cairo International Children's Film Festival, Egypt, 2008, competition
• Moscow International Festival for Children And Youth, Russia, 2008, competition section:
  Honorary Diploma for Best Directing
• Festival Internacional De Cine para la Infancia Y la Juventud, Madrid, 2008, official competition
• Chicago International Children's Film Festival, USA, 2008, screening
• Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, USA, 2008, screening
• Greek Film Festival, New York, 2008, screening
• FILMFORUM, Munich, 2008, screening
• Greek Film Festival, Nuremberg, 2008, screening
• Gene Siskel Film Center's 12th Annual European Union Film Festival, 2009, screening
• Greek Film Festival (Antipodes,) Australia, 2009, screening
• San Francisco International Film Festival, USA, 2010, screening

CREDITS

Directed by	Olga Malea
Screenplay	Nicholas Papandreou, Olga Malea
Cinematography	Costis Gikas
Music	Costas Livadas
Editing	Giorgos Mavropsaridis
Sound Recording	Marinos Athanassopoulos
Sets / Costumes	Eva Nathena
Make-up	Fani Alexaki
Cast	Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Eleni Kastani, Giorgos Kimoulis, Tex Pardue, Nikos Andreoulakis, Anna Louizidou, Manos Gavras, Giannis Kalatzopoulos, Charis Emmanouil, Maria Antoulinaki, Tasos Costis, Meletis Georgiadis
Producer	Costas Lambropoulos
Production	CL Productions
Co-producers	ODEON, Greek Film Centre, Multichoice Hellas/NOVA, Finos Film, East Media, FilmInMind
Development supported
Distribution	ODEON
Released	October 4, 2007
	2007, 35mm, color, 90', Dolby Digital