Song of Goats

Dec 1, 2023

1h 44m

★ 4.6

Overview

Andreas arrives on a remote Greek island to sell a plot of land inherited from his uncle. But who would buy a barren, rocky field with a stone hut? In order to sell the plot Andreas has to pay off a debt his uncle ran up with Yiannis, a local farmer.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Studio Filmowe Jakimowski

Filmoteka Narodowa – Instytut Audiowizualny

CANAL+ Polska

Piece of Cake

Film & Music Entertainment Ireland

Blue Dream Film

Zjednoczenie Artystów i Rzemieślników

Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych

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Cast

Andrzej Król

Mateusz Kościukiewicz

Yiannis

Themis Panou

Lena

Ifigeneia Tzola

Nasos

Efthimis Chalkidis

boy

Paweł Kwiatkowski

Maria

Labrina Nikolaou

Englishman from Caldera

Dominick Edwards

Nikos Papadopoulos

Kostas Petrou

Takis

Fokion Xiotakis

Iossifina

Mania Sakellaridou

Raisa at the travel agency

Victoria Katsafarou

Travel agent

George Koukourakis

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