Mathe paidi mou grammata

The old fashioned school master, shows the new teacher around in a remote village and eagerly awaits his son's return "the one with the curly hair", after years of postgraduate study abroad. The arrival of his son's bald head is only the beginning...

The director has a truckload of things to say, so there's no time to be subtle. His case is presented with (sometimes brutal) directness and always unbelievable, especially for that time, sarcasm. The change in the Hellenic language, the changes in ethos, the church, the communists, the attempts to rewrite history, everything is here.

An extremely funny movie, unfortunately most of the movie's strong political message and boldness in dealing with the ultra-sensitive "communist issue" is lost unless you have a pretty good knowledge of modern Hellenic history.