End of an Era (film)

End of an Era
Directed by	Antonis Kokkinos
Written by	Antonis Kokkinos Alexandros Kakavas
Starring	Kostas Kazanas Dimosthenis Papadopoulos Giorgos Pyrpasopoulos Despoina Kourti Pegky Trikalioti Vangelis Kazan Despoina Tomazani
Cinematography	Stavros Hassapis
Edited by	Ioanna Spiliopoulou
Release dates	1994
Running time	98
Country	Greece
Language	Greek

End of an Era (Greek: Τέλος Εποχής/Telos Epohis) is a Greek film released in 1994. The film directed by Antonis Kokkinos and stars Kostas Kazanas, Dimosthenis Papadopoulos, Giorgos Pyrpasopoulos, Despoina Kourti, Pegky Trikalioti, Vangelis Kazan and Despoina Tomazani. The film won five awards in Greek State Film Awards and the best film award in Greek Film Critics Association Awards.

Plot

Christos a high school student of the last class moves to Athens with his family in order to prepare better for his entry exams of university. He soon is accepted by a group of school students. He and his new friends live their youth through the era of great changes, at the end of 60s. The music, the theatre, the pirate radio and the love are the way out from the illiberal and conservative environment caused by Greek military junta. At the end of the decade the friends finishes the school and their routes separate.^[1][2]

Cast

• Kostas Kazanas ..... Giorgos
• Dimosthenis Papadopoulos ..... Christos Vamvakas
• Giorgos Pyrpasopoulos ..... Pericles
• Despoina Kourti ..... Lena
• Pegky Trikalioti ..... Stella
• Vangelis Kazan ..... Fotis Vamvakas
• Despoina Tomazani ..... Maria Drosou

Awards

List of awards and nominations^[3]

Award	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
1994 Greek State Film Awards	Best Film	Antonis Kokkinos	Won
	Best Screenplay	Antonis Kokkinos, Alexandros Kakavas	Won
	Best Supporting Actress	Pegky Trikalioti	Won
	Best Editing	Ioanna Spiliopoulou	Won
	Best Sound	Nikos Papadimitriou	Won
Greek Film Critics Association Awards	Best Film	Antonis Kokkinos	Won

References

1. "End of an Era". tainiothiki.gr. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
2. "Telos Epohis" (in Greek). clickatlife.gr. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
3. "awards". imdb.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.

External links

• End of an Era at the Internet Movie Database