Plato's Academy

Plato's Academy is a 2009 Greek-German comedy-drama film directed by Filippos Tsitos, starring Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Anastas Kozdine, Titika Saringouli, , Kostas Koronaios, Panayiotis Stamatakis and Maria Zorba. Cast Antonis Kafetzopoulos as Stavros Anastas Kozdine as Marenglen Titika Saringouli as Harikleia as Nikos Kostas Koronaios as Argyris Panayiotis Stamatakis as Thymios Maria Zorba as Dina Platonas Brakoulias Maria Stefou Konstadina Tzortzi Nikos Zoiopoulos Release The film premiered at the 2009 Locarno Festival and was a finalist for the 2010 Lux Prize. Reception Joseph Proimakis of wrote that the film "mercilessly bites into one of the darkest traits of any modern multicultural society and turns it on its head, all the while holding onto its humanistic sensibilities and maintaining a delicate balance between the universal social commentary and the specificity of the hero’s story."