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The Lion at My Back (2026)
Directed by Tonia Mishiali
Drama · 1h 46m
Mariama, an asylum-seeker from Senegal, has just turned 18. Stella, at first glance a withdrawn woman in her 40s, has recently decided to break free from the clutches of addiction and to give her life a fresh start. In their attempt at finding their place in a world where nothing comes for free, the two women meet and form an unexpectedly strong bond.
Cast
Sokhna Diallo
Elena Kallinikou
Prokopis Agathokleous
Herodotos Miltiadous
Giorgos Kyriacou
Dimitris Antoniou
Loukia Michael
Crew
- Director
- Tonia Mishiali
- Writer
- Tonia Mishiali, Dianne Jones, Simona Nobile
- Producer
- Tonia Mishiali
Details
- Release date
- 2026-07-06
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EL
- Spoken languages
- English, Greek
- Countries
- Cyprus, Luxembourg, Greece
- Production
- Avaton Films, Iris Productions, Bark Like a Cat Films