PANELLINION
Goes to Cannes
PANELLINION
Category: Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Spyros Mantzavinos, Kostas Antarachas
Produced by: Leonidas Konstantarakos, Alaska FIlms
Country of production: Greece
Original title: ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟΝ
Genre: Documentary
Language: Greek
Runtime: 80min
Completed in: 2022
Panellinion is an out-of-place-and-time chess coffeehouse in the center of Athens; a refuge for those who suffocate in modern life. Giannis, the owner, hates chess, yet has a fatherly affection for his regulars, who see consolation in it. Teared up, they recall old stories, roister, drink and sing.