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J.A.C.E. (2012)

J.A.C.E. (2012)

Drama

JUST + ANOTHER - CONFUSED / = ELEPHANT

Release Date: 2012, November 8
Directors: Menelaos Karamaghiolis
Countries: France, Greece, Macedonia, Netherlands, Portugal, Turkey
Production: Ukbar Filmes, Blonde Audiovisual Productions, CL Productions, Kaliber Film, Pausilypon Film, Pi Film, Gejzer Produkcija
Cast: Alban Ukaj, Akilas Karazisis, Kostas Berikopoulos, Yannis Tsortekis, Stefania Goulioti, Refet Abazi, Argyris Xafis, Christos Loulis, Kora Karvouni, Minas Hatzisavvas, Diogo Infante, Franco Trevisi

Overview:

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