The psyche of Athens through the transfer, the relocation of the National Library. The dominant old building of the National Library in the centre of Athens, with its neoclassical style pillars, tries to remind us of the Golden Age of Pericles and the sages of ancient Greece. But few of the residents seem to be interested in it. The preparations for the transfer of the books, ‘victims’ of looting and wear, have begun. In a city that looks like a battlefield we witness both the transfer and the city, which in its unrest remains exciting. And also, we get to hear the voice of the National Library, connecting the past with the present, wondering about the future.

Transfer

Yiannis Kouros - Forever Running

In the Greek community of Ethiopia in the 1960s, a rich Greek disrupts the relationship between his well-bred daughter and a young man. Three decades later they meet again.

Alemaya

In 1947, in the early days of the Greek civil war, a camp was set up on Makronisos for the rehabilitation of political prisoners and communists, so that they would 'recover' and join the ranks of the National Republican Greek League.

Exile Island

Chara enters a maternity hospital and grabs an infant. She spends two days with him, taking care of him as if she were his real mother, while the police try to locate her. She does not seem to be worried and starts for a trip with him.

Kalavryta. December 1943. Devastation; the entire male population over the age of 14 executed; every house in town torched down. In retribution, said the Germans, for the killing of 80 Wehrmacht soldiers by partisans.