A short story finds new life as a film

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_civ_3656857_20/09/2007_88031

An autobiographical short story from Nikos Papandreou's book
"Deka mythoi kai mia istoria" (Ten Myths and a Story) is now a film. The
book was first published in 1995 by Kastaniotis and is now in its 51st
edition. It has been translated into English and German.

Director Olga Malea's film "Proti fora nonos" (First Time Godfather)
is based on the story "Oi Agioi Pantes" (All Saints), where the
California-born eldest son of a political family goes to Crete to act
as godfather to the child of a local party cadre and aspiring
parliamentary deputy. He becomes a godfather for the first time to
show everyone, above all his father, that he is a worthy son. His
foreign appearance and shaky Greek, the local customs and the trials
he undergoes to prove himself all make for a tragicomic scenes with a
political dimension and existential angst.

The film, starring Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Elenis Katsani, Tex Pardue
and Giorgos Kimoulis, premieres October 4.
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The story in English "My First Baptism" was included in the books
"The Crowded Heart"  Picador USA 1996 (US edition)
" Father Dancing" Viking 1996  (UK Edition)
(Both are available from Kalamos Books)

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