Eduart, a young man raised in a cruel and oppressive family environment, leaves Albania with the dream of becoming a rock star and living a better life. His reckless character and the passions of his youth lead him to commit a murder in Athens.

Chased by everyone, even by his own self, he is imprisoned under the harshest conditions. Eduart, with the help of a German doctor, learns to feel sympathy for others and guilt for his crime. His deep remorse will lead him from darkness to light.

Like the Dostoevskian hero Raskolnikov, Eduart passes from crime to punishment, by daring to admit his guilt.

In international criminal history, the "Eduart case" occurs once in a hundred years.

For more details on the film, the english trailer and many photos from this Greek-German co-production, please visit the director's official website.

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS & RECOGNITION

• Selected by the European Film Academy for the 2007 European Film Awards. It also Greece's submission for an Oscar Nomination for Best Foreign Film 2008.
• 29th Montpellier International Mediterranean Film Festival, 2007:
  • Golden Antigone (Antigone d'or de la Ville et de l'Agglomération de Montpellier)
  • Special mention by the Young People's Award (CMCAS)
• 47th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, State Awards, 2006:
  • 1st Prize for fiction film
  • Best Director (Angeliki Antoniou)
  • Best Screenplay (Angeliki Antoniou)
  • Best Set Design (Ioulia Stavridou)
  • Best Music (Minos Matsas and Constantinos Christidis)
  • Best Sound (Nikos Papadimitriou)
  • Best Editing (Takis Yannopoulos)
  • Best Costumes (Ioulia Stavridou)
  • Best Make-up (Fani Alexaki)
• 47th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, 2006:
  • FIPRESCI Award (Federation of International Film Critics)
  • The Greek Union of Film Television and Audiovisual Technicians (ETEKT) Award
• Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, 2008 (Competition):
  • Orpheus Award for Best Feature
  • Orpheus Award for Best Direction
• The Method Fest Film Festival, Calabasas, California, 2008 (Competition):
  • Special Recognition by the Prudential California Realty Award for Best Ensemble Cast
• WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, 2008 (Competition):
  • Silver Remi Award
• London Greek Film Festival, 2008 (Competition):
  • Best Fiction Feature Film
• Moscow International Film Festival, 2007 (Main Competition)
• World Film Festival, Montreal 2007
• International Film Festival, Copenhagen 2007
• International Film Festival, Hof 2007
• International Film Festival, Cottbus 2007
• Sao Paolo International Film Festival, 2007
• Sevilla International Film Festival, 2007 (Competitive Section, Europe-Europe)
• Mostra de Valencia, 2007 (Competition)
• MedFilm Festival, Rome, 2007 (Competition)
• Tirana International Film Festival, 2007 (Special event)
• Cuenca International Film Festival, 2007
• Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, 2007 (International Competition EurAsia)
• 15th Greek Film Festival "Antipodes", Australia, 2007
• Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2008
• Ιnternational Film Festival Tromso, 2008 (Competition)
• Goeteborg International Film Festival, 2008
• Cleveland International Film Festival, 2008
• Portland International Film Festival, 2008
• Selected for "Picture Europe! The Best of European Cinema" in Munich, 2008
• FEBIOFEST 2008, Prague International Film Festival, 2008
• Verzaubert Ιnternational Queer Film Festival, Germany, 2008
• German-Turkish Film Festival, Nuernberg 2008
• Tetouan International Mediterranean Film Festival, 2008 (Competition)
• Selected for "Picture Europe! The Best of European cinema" in Madrid, 2008
• Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival, 2008
• Neisse Film Festival, 2008 (Competition)
• Napoli Film Festival, 2008 (Competition)
• Βucharest International Film Festival, 2008
• Cinematheque de Toulouse (L'Europe dans tous ses états), 2008
• Festival "Les Rendez-vous de l' histoire" in Blois, France, 2008
• New York Greek Film Festival, 2008
• Smith Rafael Film Centre (Program: For Your Consideration), San Francisco, 2008
• Houston International Film Festival, USA, 2008 (International Visions - Competition)
• Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen de Bruxelles, 2008
• Le Cinematheque de Toulouse (Programme Europe), France, 2008
• European Film Festival "Wines of Castilla-La-Mancha", Spain, 2008 (Official Competition)
• Cine Odyssee, Strasbourg, 2008
• FILMFORUM, Munich, 2008
• FILMHOUSE, Edinburgh, 2008
• Trieste Film Festival, 2009
• Cinema Tribute to the Greek Cultural Institution, Cairo, 2009
• Cineclub, Luxembourg, 2009
• Sixième panorama du cinéma grec contemporain, Paris, 2009
• Les Rencontres Films Femmes Méditerranée, Marseille, 2010
• Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan, Morocco, 2011, screening

CREDITS

Directed by	Angeliki Antoniou
Screenplay	Angeliki Antoniou
Cinematography	Juerges Juergen
Art Director	Ioulia Stavridou
Music	Costas Christides, Minos Matsas
Editing	Takis Yannopoulos
Casting	Sotiria Marini
Cast	Eshref Durmishi, Andre Hennicke, Ndricim Xhepa, Ermela Teli, Manos Vakousis, Meletis Georgiadis, Antonis Hatzis
Financial Supervisor	Marina Stylianou
Line Producer	Dimitris Birbilis
Producer	Costas Lambropoulos
Co-producers	Greek-German co-production: CL Productions, Jost Hering Filme, LE SPOT, ODEON, Multichoice Hellas/NOVA, Angeliki Antoniou
Development supported
Shooting locations	Greece, Albania, FYROM
Distribution	March 8, 2007 by ODEON
	2007, 35mm, color, Dolby Digital