Stone Years

In 1954 in Thessaly, two young people, Eleni, 18, and Babis, 22, are in love. At the same time, they print and distribute leaflets for the communist party, which has been banned for years. Eleni comes from a family with a communist tradition: her father and her brothers were killed in World War II by the Nazis or their collaborators during the civil war. Her two sisters are in exile in the Eastern Bloc countries. An informant reveals the couple. Babis is arrested, but Eleni manages to escape with the help of her cousin, who recognizes her on the train, but does not arrest her. She then lives twelve years in hiding in Athens, where she continues to print leaflets. In these twelve years, she manages to see her mother only once, as does Babis, when she takes the same ship that transports him from a prison in Crete to a prison in Aegina. Babis is released in 1966. The two lovers meet again and spend a few months together, participating in the major political demonstrations of the time. Eleni is arrested, as she was still considered a wanted person. During her trial, she is presented as a dangerous terrorist, an enemy of the state. She is sentenced to a heavy prison sentence. She realizes that she is pregnant and eventually gives birth in prison. Babis is arrested in the early days of the Junta. In prison, the guards treat the prisoners as old friends with whom they meet again. Babis is imprisoned in the same prison as Eleni and their son. They meet sometimes in the central square. They communicate with each other using the reflection of the sun on a broken piece of mirror. The dictatorship, in the name of family values, forces them to get married. As no one was allowed to enter the prison, the baby was the best man. The two of them separate immediately after the ceremony. With the Metapolitefsi, when they are now free and can now live together, Eleni realizes that they have become estranged from Babis and have nothing to say. == Cast ==