Hard Goodbyes: My Father
2002 · 113 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 503 VOTES · DIR. Penny Panayotopoulou
Overview
Elias is a 10 year old boy living in Athens with his family in 1969 and has an interest in Jules Verne's stories and in astronomy. His father, with whom Elias has a strong relationship, is a travelling salesman and his absence affects the whole family. On the eve of his departure for a long business trip he promises his son that he'll be back in time to watch the moon landing on TV together, but he is killed in a car accident. While Elias' mother and his elder brother deal with the loss in their own way, Elias refuses to accept his father's death. He creates an imaginary world, in which his father is alive. He shares fictitious stories with his friends, he sends letters to his grandmother on behalf of his father and he dreams of places like he did with him. Elias' mother and his godfather, who do everything to bring him back to reality, take him to a summer house. On the night of the moon landing Elias meets his father in his own way and comes to terms with his loss.
Dialogue Timeline — 911 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:24 Somewhere in Athens
00:04:27 How about you?
00:07:31 with his three friends...
00:13:15 my lost young lad.
00:16:06 -Who? -Your wife.
00:18:52 I like sending her letters because when I write to her...
00:22:30 -My Dad gave them to me. -Why carry them around?
00:29:03 Her son...
00:33:13 He's gone for ever and he won't be back.
00:38:41 What happened? What did he do to you? Did he punish you?
00:42:05 I like it that you help me when we go fishing.
00:46:58 Come, Michalis.
00:51:59 It's to fool them.
00:55:15 Any anyway what's it to you how much a TV costs.
00:57:39 to the apartment and their old school they say they don't...
01:03:51 What are you doing up here?
01:06:48 Anyway he's not home that much so he has no say in the matter.
01:11:32 You're still here? The old woman must be missing you.
01:17:19 I said put me down!
01:23:04 I promise I'll be back. And I always keep my promises.
01:28:43 Which one d'you like best?
01:35:12 Godfather! Where are you going?
01:43:02 Read me the end.
21:19:06 A great day for mankind...