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Stratos (2014)
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Stratos (2014)
Original name: Το Μικρό Ψάρι
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Greece, Germany, Cyprus
Duration: 137 min.
Story: At age 19, Stratos committed a crime of passion. He spent half his life in prison, where underground boss Leonidas took him under his wing. One day during a rival gang attack, Leonidas saved his life. Stratos never forgot this. A free man now, Stratos works the night shift at a bakery workshop, a far cry from the killing contracts he executes by day. He gives away all his money to spring Leonidas out of prison, funding an escape plan managed by Leo’s brother, Yorgos. The fulfillment of his debt is the only thing that matters to Stratos, everything else is indifferent and he lives detached, surrounded by ghosts and fallacies. The day of the escape, the most important day of his life, is near…
Style: tense, serious, psychological, captivating, suspense, political, social, bleak, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: tunnel, danger, forced into action, redemption, save the day, police officer, obsession, chaos, curse, bakery, hired killer, master criminal, criminal heroes, hitman, money, death, weapons, car, killer, assassin, empire, honda, crime, assassins, crimes
Time: 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: greece, athens greece, athens

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