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June 10, 1944.
Distomo: a small farming village at a stone’s throw from the sea, on the road leading from Athens to Delphi. This is where little Argyris, who was not even four years old, survived a brutal massacre committed by the German occupying forces. Within less than two hours, 218 villagers were killed. Argyris lost his parents and thirty more relatives.
2007.
66 year-old Argyris Sfountouris, has been tackling the horror he was subjected to as a little boy. He organised a "peace congress" where he reflected about ways of escaping the vicious circle of violence. Rather than trying to come to terms with his childhood experience or to get over it emotionally, he has attempted to learn to live with it and to bring something about in the outside world…

Switzerland - 2007 - 1 h 45 mn - 35 mm & DV Cam - Colour and B&W

Director Stefan Haupt Writer Stefan Haupt Camera Patrick Lindenmaier Sound Martin Witz Editing Stefan Kälin Music Tomas Korber, Jorgos Stergiou

Production Fontana Film, Binzstrasse 39, 8045 Zürich, Suisse Tél : +41 44 450 4592 Fax : +41 44 450 4592 E-mail : info@fontanafilm.ch Co-Production Schweizer Fernsehen DRS, Télévision Suisse Romande / Radio Télévision Suisse, SRG-SSR Idée Suisse

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