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  • 2005
  • Sipapu Films
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2005
  • Sipapu Films
  • 1 h 53 m
Hard Goodbyes: My Father

Summary 10-year-old Elias, a boy living in Athens, makes a pact with his father to watch on television man's first landing on the moon. The two regale each other with stories of Jules Verne and flights of the imagination. They are adventurers and explorers. But chocolate bars left by a father gone on too many business trips are counted, while...

Directed By: Penny Panagiotopoulou

Written By: Jan Fleischer, Nikos Panayotopoulos, Katerina Shina, Laya Yourgou, Penny Panagiotopoulou

  • 2005
  • Sipapu Films
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2005
  • Sipapu Films
  • 1 h 53 m

Hard Goodbyes: My Father

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary 10-year-old Elias, a boy living in Athens, makes a pact with his father to watch on television man's first landing on the moon. The two regale each other with stories of Jules Verne and flights of the imagination. They are adventurers and explorers. But chocolate bars left by a father gone on too many business trips are counted, while...

Directed By: Penny Panagiotopoulou

Written By: Jan Fleischer, Nikos Panayotopoulos, Katerina Shina, Laya Yourgou, Penny Panagiotopoulou

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
66
75% Positive
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25% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
66
75% Positive
9 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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80
Part of what makes the film engaging is the carefully nuanced performances Panayotopoulou gets from her actors. In particular, Giorgos Karayannis.
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75
Panayotopoulou casts a transcendent eye upon her downbeat subject matter, never dodging the unsentimental truth that growing up is about learning to live with the loss of those things we have loved.
By Bill White FULL REVIEW
70
A tender and moving drama that deserves wider exposure.
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A tender Greek drama.
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70
An involving family drama about a young boy's dreams and personal loss, Hard Goodbyes: My Father brings a light touch -- and a full measure of unaffected charm -- to potentially downbeat material.
By Derek Elley FULL REVIEW
60
Panayotopoulou's background in photography shows in the way she lets her chiaroscuro lighting mirror her characters' emotions. It also shows in the still-life quality that Hard Goodbyes never quite gets beyond.
By Keith Phipps FULL REVIEW
50
First-time director Penny Panayotopoulou's approach to the delicate subject matter is commendably tactful and tasteful--it's also underdramatized, monotonous, and short on humor.
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Production Company CL Productions, Eurimages, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg (FBB), Greek Film Centre (GFC), Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), Max Productions, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion GmbH
Release Date Sep 16, 2005
Duration 1 h 53 m
Genres
Tagline If you're so far away, how come I can hear you?
Website http://www.hardgoodbyes.com/
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Awards

Thessaloniki Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 6 Nominations
Locarno International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Mons International Festival of Love Films
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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