Uranya
Summer 1969. Dictatorship. In a small country town, young Achileas breaks his leg by falling off the yard wall of the local cinema. He wanted to see Brigitte Bardot naked…
However, during his visit to the city to treat his broken leg, for the first time in his life he sees a television! The program informs about the launching of Apollo to the moon. The idea of the launching becomes Achileas’ obsession and along with his friends they collect money, in order to purchase a TV set. However, soon, the dilemma becomes imperative. Will they buy a television or “visit” all together Uranya in order to be taught the secrets of love?

Costas Kapakas
2006, 35mm, color, 100′, Dolby Digital
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- 48th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, 2007:
- Second Award for Fiction Film, State Cinema Awards 2007
- Best Screenplay Award (Costas Kapakas), State Cinema Awards 2007
- Best Supporting Actor Award (Manolis Mavromatakis), State Cinema Awards 2007
- Best Music Award (Panayotis Kalatzopoulos), State Cinema Awards 2007
- Best Costumes Award (Eva Nathena), State Cinema Awards 2007
- 3rd Festival Internacional de Cinema Do Funchal, Portugal, 2007:
- Audience Award
- 15th Greek Film Festival "Antipodes", Australia, 2007, screening
- Festroia International Film Festival, Portugal, 2007, screening
- LUCAS – International Children's Film Festival, Frankfurt, 2007, main competition
- Greek Cinema Days, Nuremberg, 2008, screening
- 2nd Annual New York City Greek Film Festival, USA, 2008, screening
- San Francisco Greek Film Festival, USA, 2008, screening
- Kristianland International Children's Film Festival, Norway, 2008
CREDITS
Directed by
Costas Kapakas
Screenplay
Costas Kapakas
Cinematography
Stefano Falivene
Music
Panayotis Kalatzopoulos
Sets
Olga Leontiadou
Costumes
Eva Nathena
Sound Recording
Marinos Athanassopoulos
Editing
Giorgos Mavropsaridis
Cast
Maria Grazia Cucinotta (Uranya), Aris Tsapis, Andreas Kyriakakis, Nikos Vasilikiotis, Yorgos Liatis, Michalis Tsirakis (the 5 teenagers), Dimitris Piatas, Taxiarhis Chanos, Tasos Palantzides, Manolis Mavromatakis, Dina Michailidi, Maria Filippou, Fotini Baxevani, Maria Antoulinaki, Vaso Iatropoulou
Financial Supervisor
Marina Stylianou
Production Manager
Costas Kephalas
Executive Producer
Costas Lambropoulos
Production
Dionyssis Samiotis
Film Processing
TECHNICOLOR (Rome)
Distribution
December 7, 2006 by ODEON