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The second part of a trilogy which focuses on a young Greek woman in three stages of her life as she recalls leaving her homeland of Constantinople. The trilogy is based on the infamous “Septemvriana” events of 1955 — the worst anti-Greek riots in history.

The occupation of students just before the Panhellenic effervescence inducing s`ena public high school in Piraeus. On the first day of the Panhellenic found dead in the toilets George, with a syringe stuck in the arm. All his friends swear that their informal leader never took drugs. The investigations are difficult and the youth does not show any willingness to cooperate.

The protagonist is "Mrs. Epitheoresis" herself, who returns to the stage to travel her great-grandson back in time, to her most important moments. On the stage parade the legendary protagonists, the inimitable lines, the great voices, the immortal songs, the glittering theaters of the golden age of the epitheoresis. And up close, current events, political and social changes, urbanization, the fate of Greece - always with humor and a satirical mood. "Kyria Epitheoresis" takes the viewer by the hand and guides them through the bars and historical theaters of Athens from the 1930s to the beginning of the dictatorship in 1967.

Fani, who grew up facing many difficulties on an island in the Ionian Sea, undertakes a dangerous mission: to deliver a package containing highly confidential documents to the home of lawyer Pagoulatos. However, the mission has been compromised, and Fanis is forced to hide the documents because his life is in danger. Shortly afterwards, a girl named Anthi arrives on the island, who is somehow involved in the story of the secret documents. When she meets Fanis, she feels an irresistible attraction to him. They both discover that they are in love. Fanis, at Anthi's urging, comes to Athens... His relationship with Anthi goes through many ups and downs... At some point, he realizes that his life is in danger with every step he takes. The reason is the documents he continues to keep hidden... His love for Anthi slowly turns into a nightmare.

Two countries,two languages,two groups of friends. Between black humor and bitter realism the film Pencil Knife Baton composes a tragicomic puzzle about friendship in the paradox world we live in.

Father Isychios, who is seeing that the faith of his fellow human beings is lost and that the church where he works is emptied of believers, recruits a two-wheeled motorcycle in order to penetrate the youth and catch its pulse, while engaging in various comedic performances. The corresponding pastor of the neighboring church, Father Avgoustos, "steals" the faithful with various tricks. At the same time, Father Isychios himself loses the ultimate goal of his mission, being carried away. from the frantic rhythms of entertainment of modern youth and in general the era of disco and nightclubs.

A typical experimental film, in which a variety of audiovisual techniques are used to create the sense of polymorphic eroticism as developed by European and Mediterranean cinematography of the 20th century. Combining the methods of “animation” and “live action”, this intricate work embodies the idea of an “ars combinatoria”. The structure is loose, with neither a central axis nor a point where everything converges, contributing greatly to the open-ended character of the film, where rhythm is the key element.