I Dream of My Friends
119 mins
Four episodes, four instances from a man’s life covering 25 years, from 1965 in Germany to 1990 in Athens. The episodes seem to be irrelevant to one another, yet they all focus on male powerplay, reveal the self-consciousness and moderation of the protagonist’s idiosyncrasy and depict some special aspects of the Greek male mentality. Probably Nikos Panayotopoulos’ most personal film, covering a substantial period of his generation’s years, “I’m dreaming of my friends” is based on the book by Dimitris Nollas, looks a lot like a “road movie” and features an all-male cast, as if there’s no room for women in it.
Ingo Duennebier
(voice)
Dionysis Fotopoulos
Art Direction
Maria Kaltsa
Set Designer
Marianna Spanoudakis
Costume Design
Yorgos Diamantis
Production Director
Yorgos Fotopoulos
Production Director
Andreas Ahladis
Sound
Thanasis Georgiadis
Sound
Giorgos Triandafyllou
Editor
Giorgos Frentzos
Cinematography
Stefanos Daniilidis
Assistant Director
Vangelis Seitanidis
Assistant Director
Eleni Alexandrakis
Assistant Director
Sifis Koundouros
Steadycam
Antonis Linardatos
Assistant Camera
Linos Meitanis
Assistant Camera
Dionysis Lampiris
Second Assistant Camera
Vasilis Zontanos
Assistant Production Manager
Marilena Moshouti
Assistant Production Manager
Stella Aggelaki
Assistant Editor
Fani Alexaki
Makeup Artist
Iraklis Mitropoulos
Electrician
Dimitris Nollas
Short Story