J.A.C.E. (2011)

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Country: France, Greece, Netherlands, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Genres: Drama
Release: 2012-11-08
Director: Menelaos Karamaghiolis
Writers: Menelaos Karamaghiolis
Language: Greek | Albanian | English
Stars: Alban Ukaj , Stefania Goulioti , Argyris Xafis , Ieronymos Kaletsanos , Minas Hatzisavvas , Kora Karvouni , Akilas Karazisis , Yannis Tsortekis , Diogo Infante , Christos Loulis
Runtime: 142 min
Awards: 12 wins & 6 nominations
AKA: J.A.C.E. (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Just + Another - Confused / = Elephant (Greece) , J.A.C.E. (Spain) , Just Another Confused Elephant (Greece) , J.A.C.E. , JACE (Greece) , J.A.C.E. (Greece) , J.A.C.E. ジェイス (Japan) , J.A.C.E.
Plot: Twice-orphaned Jace, a seven-year-old Albanian of Greek origin, witnesses a massacre that wipes out his entire foster family in Argyrokastron, and then falls in the hands of a bunch of ruthless gangsters who "export" children abroad for various profitable reasons (ranging from beggary to organ trade). Jace ends up in Athens, Greece, begging at street corners, exploring the secret horrors of brutal institutions for young offenders or, much later, serving obscure patrons, in an underworld where violent loss seems to be his only destiny. The movie follows Jace's inverted Odyssey in a dark universe of abuse, murder and fear, as he desperately (and silently) seeks for a "family" of his own or, at least, for a sense of belonging.
IMDB:tt2075223