Lula LeBlanc

Λούλα LeBlanc

TIFF65: World Premiere

26th of September 1999. Alekos is dead. His teenage granddaughter, Margarita, refuses to attend his funeral and takes advantage of her parents’ absence to throw a small party at home. Three days earlier. Unaware that this would be his last night, Alekos attends a reunion of old friends to celebrate the birthday of Lula, his first love, who now suffers from dementia.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Available at the Agora Market TIFF65.

Direction: Stergios Paschos

Script: Stergios Paschos

Cinematography: Yorgos Koutsaliaris

Editing: Stamos Dimitropoulos

Sound: Xenofontas Kontopoulos, Panagiotis Papagianopoulos

Music: Yannis Veslemes

Actors: Thanassis Papageorgiou, Michele Valley, Danai Nielsen, Elena Topalidou, Takis Vamvakidis, Maria Korachai, Yorgos Ziakas

Production: FILMIKI

Producers: Nicholas Alavanos

Co-production: Marni Films, Ready2Cast, Prosenghisi LTD, ERT SA

Costumes: Rectifier (Ioanna Papadogianni, Mary Marmarinou), Sofialena Xezonaki

Sets: Rectifier (Ioanna Papadogianni, Mary Marmarinou)

Make Up: Alexandra Myta, Hara Vasiliasi

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Greece

Production Year: 2024

Duration: 96'

Contact: Filmiki (Nicholas Alavanos, alavanos@filmiki.gr / Christina Stavropoulou, c.stavropoulou@filmiki.gr)

TIFF Works in Progress 2023

Stergios Paschos

Stergios Paschos is a screenwriter and director for cinema and television. He has written and directed seven short films and three feature-length films. In 2016, he completed his first feature film, Afterlov, which premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival, where it won the Youth jury Award. In 2023, he completed his second feature film, The Last Taxi Driver, which premiered at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, winning the Best Film Award from the Greek Film Critics Association and the Best Actor Award for Kostas Koroneos.