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J.A.C.E.

J.A.C.E.

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 8, 2012

Runtime

2h 22m

Genres

Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

J.A.C.E.

Production Companies

Ukbar Filmes, Blonde Audiovisual Productions, CL Productions, Kaliber Film, Pausilypon Film, Pi Film, Gejzer Produkcija

Director

Menelaos Karamaghiolis

Description

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