Spring Awakening (Το Ξύπνημα Της Άνοιξης)

You lose control.

Something inside pushes you. It doesn't ask.

There's no time to say no. It won't let you.

It all happens so fast and yet slow.

Like crashing on a bike. You're flying thru the air.

You can see it all.

Everyone is staring back at you. But you can't put the brakes on.

It's a moment that lasts forever.

Till you fall.

Say nothing or I'll kill you.

You have no right to search my home.

Christo? What's going on?

My brother is only fifteen.

He's got nothing to do with this.

It's just the chief and me.

When you need money, you go out and get some?

Bankers - terrorists

Banks don't lend no more?

The banks sucked me dry for years. And now they turn their backs...

Capitalists don't give a damn... For people or the country...

We've said this for years...

Whatever you can spare. It's hard.

Old comrades come thru in the end. Right?

Don't forget me.

They're screwing me alive and you act like nothing's happening.

They're taking my house! I'm losing everything! Get it?

Don't touch me.

It's not my fault.

No-one's to blame. Isn't that what everyone says?

I'm in a difficult place...

Push him on the price...

What does the cunt want? I won't sell at that price!

Off to work?

Are you serious?

Nothing less than 350,000!

Those who do not arm themselves... perish.

God created Man. Colt made them equal.

Fellow pupils... our direct action has mobilized parents and teachers!

Our school occupation stands firm!

Today...

Hey guys!

We have shown everyone and proven to ourselves...

Cops! Come on!

Let's go!

Christos Niarchos...

Upper Secondary school pupil...

Ioanna Argyriou... you know her?

Don't be scared.

I don't know her. Never touched her.

Did they rape you?

It was crazy that night. You disappeared.

I made it home. By the back streets.

Your friend?

Christos?

- They arrest him? - No. He's okay.

That's cool.

Been together long?

We're friends.

- Going home now? - After school class.

English?

You rape her?

Who said that?

The Albanian. He confessed. About your boyfriend, Alexandros.

Illegal drugs, member of a criminal gang...

You know the word for man in Albanian?

Bullshit.

Excuse me, I have my two children...

But I need a lawyer, now.

- Excuse me, the interrogation unit? - I don't know.

- We have our two sons... - I said, I don't know.

Ask someone in charge.

They're fascists! They're not saying anything.

When are you back, Petro?

What am I to do till tomorrow night?

Your mother works for the goverment.

Your father committed suicide.

He hung himself...

The ring you took from me...?

He gave it to me.

24 carats.

I wore it all the time. At school even.

They all went nuts.

His bikerjob couldn't pay for that stuff.

But he tried to hide it from me. As if he was embarrassed to say...

I sell drugs... I do criminal stuff... I have a gun...

How old is your son?

Sixteen. This December.

The only thing men want is that right there...

Mum, you still here?

Since when...?

Condoms break. I do pills. I don't want to mess up, like you.

Gas station attendant terror.

Social anthropology.

Come again?

We learn how things in some societies are not acceptable...

but in others it's okay.

I've researched for months. I'm going to get top grades.

I'm proud of you, baby.

Leave me.

I'm late.

New client. Makeup. Massage. The works...

Good money. She's German. Married to a corporate executive.

Thank God this job came up.

...what could he have done...?

Christo is a good kid...

He helps the homeless downtown...

- Ioanna! - Calm down, lady.

It's my daughter! Let me speak to her.

Be quiet this is a police station.

How long will you keep setting the table for three?

I can't help it.

It's okay. I'm just worried about you.

You think of him?

Yes.

I’ve not dreamt of him once. All these months...

You're lucky.

Petros phoned me.

The Law Society is organising a gathering in his honour.

Will you come?

They're all crooks. So was my father.

He wasn't to blame. It was the others.

They were all corrupt.

The old man just cracked first when it all came out.

- It took guts to do what he did. - He was a coward.

- He loved you. - He never knew me.

You're a bit of a politico...

Maybe you've confused things in your head...

Anyone who picks up a gun is a hero?

Cops pigs murderers!

Come on you fuck!

Are we responsible for our actions?

You understand what you've done?

Have you no conscience?

Thief...

He wants to be with me. That's all I care about.

In love.

You jealous?

He stole your heart.

This song is for comrade Sakis who was sentenced yesterday.

Losers.

Get over it.

The petrol bomb exploded in his hands and they busted him.

- He got three years. - He should've been more careful.

Alexandros likes you a lot.

Me?

He saw you at the school occupation.

I could ask him, if you want.

Make the night last forever.

Don't leave me.

Never.

And all the presents he gave you?

When I got bored, I gave them away.

They're ok for a while.

They sparkle and shine. Everyone turns and looks.

But in their eyes you see they hate you...

cause you've got something they don't.

Only people matter. People close to you.

Otherwise life's no good. You get junked like you were a piece of...

You need your own people. To feel good. That you're worth it.

What about other people?

Like who?

Strangers. People you don't know.

Alexandros gave me a bracelet. He said he loved me.

It was from the hold up.

The owner of the shop had a heart attack. And now they're blaming the guys.

At first I pretended I didn't know. But l finally told him I knew.

He looked at me all calm. I asked him to let me into the gang.

You asked about me?

I said you're more into political stuff, but he doesn't care.

- I'll never let him down. - We'll be together.

They laugh at me. The rich kid whose hot shot lawyer father...

Forget those creeps.

Alexandros wants to try us out next week.

Ermir has to give the okay. Aris' brother. A real jerk.

Ermir didn't want her in. No way.

Ioanna is hard. She's got a thing about foreigners.

Why she hang out with you?

I was born here. l told you. We went to school together.

- You brought this city to its knees. - Who?

You Albanians. Africans. Asians.

Me, I'm Greek.

Cops - your children will kill you

They want us to leave.

Go back home.

There's no future here.

We're building a large house.

Salut!

Thank you for coming!

4.350 euros.

He'd look you in the eyes and know...

He'd buy you cigarettes without you even asking.

He'd download the film you wanted to watch.

He'd text you when you felt like blowing your brains out...

He'd look into your heart and knew if you were okay or messed up.

He chose me. He looked inside me and chose me.

- How many guns were there? - The Colt and the...

Ask Ermir. He handled that.

If a cop touches you... I’ll kill him...