Boy Eating the Bird's Food

2012

1h 20m

6.2(20 votes)

Drama

Overview

Three days in the life of a young man in Athens, jobless, without a girlfriend, and without food. His only companion is his canary, and he will share anything he has with it. A modern adaptation of Knut Hamsun’s classic 1890 novel Hunger.

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6 members

Acting

Γιάννης Παπαδόπουλος

Boy

Acting

Λίλα Μπακλέση

Girl

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Κλεοπάτρα Περράκη

Woman in Church

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Βαγγέλης Κομματάς

Old Man

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Χαράλαμπος Γκόγιος

Musician at Audition

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Αλέξανδρος Καναβός

Boy at Work

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