Nicostratos, le Pélican (2011) - film review

Olivier Horlait

Comedy / Drama

Summary

Yannis is 14 and lives on an unspoiled Greek island with his father, with whom he has a close bond after the death of his mother. On a trip to Athens, the boy comes to the rescue of a young pelican named Nicostratos and feels obliged to adopt him. To avoid incurring his father’s wrath, Yannis is forced to raise the bird in secret. He soon becomes a local celebrity as Nicostratos makes the island a popular tourist attraction...

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Credits

Director: Olivier Horlait
Script: Eric Boisset, Olivier Horlait
Photo: Michel Amathieu
Music: Panayotis Kalantzopoulos
Cast: Emir Kusturica (Démosthène), Thibault Le Guellec (Yannis), François-Xavier Demaison (Aristote), Jade-Rose Parker (Angeliki), Gennadios Patsis (Popa Kosmas), Valériane de Villeneuve (Mme Karoussos), Yves Nadot (Le capitaine du cargo), Socratis Patsikas (Moine gourmand), Stelios Iakovidis (Moine sérieux), Vasilis Batsakoutsas (Le guide touristique), Christina Dendrinou (La maraîchère), Viki Maragaki (La vendengeuse), Monica McShane (La touriste américaine), Spyros Kyriazopoulos (Fokas), Maria Pouliezou (Sylvia), Yiannis Athanasapoulos (Daniel)
Country: France / Greece
Language: French / Greek
Runtime: 95 min

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