Amerika Square

Amerika Square
Film poster
Directed by	Yannis Sakaridis
Written by	Yannis Sakaridis
Starring	Vassilis Koukalani Yannis Stankoglou
Release dates	11 October 2016 (2016-10-11) (Busan IFF) 23 March 2017 (2017-03-23) (Greece)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Greece
Language	Greek

Amerika Square (Greek: Πλατεία Αμερικής, Plateia Amerikis) is a 2016 Greek drama film directed by Yannis Sakaridis.^[1] It was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.^[2][3]

Nakos, a racist Greek nationalist, is unemployed and still lives with his parents at age 38. He tracks the increasing number of immigrants in his apartment building with disgust. His friend Billy, a tattoo artist, falls in love with African singer Tereza, but she wants to leave Greece. Tarek, a Syrian doctor, is also looking to flee the country with his daughter. Their stories merge when Tereza and Tarek's plans to escape are inadvertently thwarted by Nakos.

• Vassilis Koukalani as Tarek
• Yannis Stankoglou as Billy
• Makis Papadimitriou as Nakos
• Alexandros Logothetis as Manolis
• Rea Pediaditaki as Nandia
• Themis Bazaka as Georgia
• Errikos Litsis as Stavros

• List of submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Greek submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

• Amerika Square at IMDb 
• Amerika Square at Cine.gr (archived) (in Greek)

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