Apartment in Athens

Name of Film	Apartment in Athens (2011)
Original Title	Appartamento ad Atene (2011)
Director	Ruggero Di Paola
Country	Italy
Language	Greek
Mins	95 min.
Format to be screened
Festival & Awards	The film ' Apartment in Athens 'by Roger DiPaolo and you 'won the award for Best Film of' youth showcase Italian filmmakers' last International Film Festival of Rome, virtually the only Italian film to receive an award at the sixth editions of the the festival.
Producer	Ruggero Dipaola
Synopsis	Athens, 1943. An apartment is requisitioned to provide accommodation for a German officer. In the apartment live the Helianos, a middle-aged couple who used to be welloff. They have a 10-year old son who is filled with revenge fantasies and a 12-year old daughter. With the arrival of Captain Kalter everything is wiped out. The cruel Kalter is a military god who inflicts terror. And the Helianos give in, submissive. At night, they dread the following day’s orders; they exchange sparse, terse words. The master leaves for Germany and the servants find out that freedom doesn’t have any meaning. When Kalter comes back, they feel relieved. He is a changed man: he’s kinder, even indulgent. But it is a fragile balance.
Note on Director	Born in Brescia, Italy, 1972, Ruggero Dipaola has a degree in law and in 2002 became a Member of the Order of Lawyers, Rome. In the meanwhile, he also got his diploma in editing (1995-96) and diploma in direction (1992-95) from the the Isitito di Scienze Cinematografiche ed Audiovisive, Florence (1995-‘96).
Trailer Link	http://www.movieplayer.it/film/appartamento-ad-atene_27627/video/
Sources	http://www.mumbaifilmfest.com/catalogue/cat_4.pdf http://www.indie-eye.it/cinema/nuove-illusioni/appartamento-ad-atene-di-ruggero-dipaola-migliore-tra-i-giovani-cineasti-italiani-al-festival-di-roma.html