THE ETERNAL RETURN OF ANTONIS PARASKEVAS

After twenty years as a successful TV personality, in an attempt to increase his popularity, well-known presenter Antonis Paraskevas orchestrates his own “kidnapping”. He hides away at an abandoned hotel from where he follows, on the many TV screens, the developments regarding his mysterious disappearance. Deftly juggling the genres of black comedy, drama, stylized dramatization and musical interludes, the director creates a stifling atmosphere of abandonment. As he waits for the right moment to reappear, Antonis Paraskevas is shocked to discover that his name is gradually being forgotten and that life goes on without him. Through the familiar and recognizable images on the screens and the empty, rundown spaces of the hotel, we watch as Antonis Paraskevas and the world that created him go in desperate search of their lost identity.