Ilias, a ten-year-old boy living in Athens in the late 1960s, suddenly loses his father. The other family members try to adjust to the new reality, each in their own way, except for the young boy who refuses to believe that his father is dead.
Unable to come to terms with the separation, he adopts strange behavior in an effort to keep his father alive inside him forever. He waits for him to return from one of his usual business trips. He begins acting oddly. He tells lies and sends letters to his grandmother, supposedly from his father. He continues to play their favorite games, playing both roles. Above all, he is absolutely certain that his father will return, as promised, to watch the Americans land on the moon for the first time on television. But his father can't keep that promise, which turns out to be his last. The moon landing succeeds. Humanity departs for the first time from its planet, Earth. And Ilias, for the first time, parts from his father. Only then does Ilias realize that he is completely alone. At first, he gets angry, but in the end, he understands. His father could not have done otherwise. He will not wait for him anymore. He grows up suddenly.
A new era begins for humanity, but also for young Ilias.

International Participation & Awards
55th Locarno International Film Festival 2002:
Golden Leopard for Best Actor (George Karagiannis, 9 years old)
Ecumenical Jury Prize - Special Distinction
43rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2002:
FIPRESCI Prize
Best Actor Award (Christos Stergioglou)
Greek Critics Award (Penny Panayiotopoulou)
Greek State Film Awards 2002:
Best Debut Director Award (Penny Panayiotopoulou)
Second Prize for Fiction Film (Producer: Kostas Lampropoulos, Director: Penny Panayiotopoulou)
5th Olympia International Film Festival for Children & Young People, Greece:
Best Film by the Youth Jury
19th Mons International Film Festival of Love:
RTBF Prize
Coup de Coeur du Jury
1st Sale International Film Festival (Morocco) 2002:
Best Screenplay Award
13th Saint Louis International Film Festival:
Interfaith Award

Best Film & Best Debut Fiction Director Award
State Quality Awards by the Ministry of Culture 2002
FIPRESCI Prize & Best Supporting Actor at the 43rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Best Film Award from the Panhellenic Film Critics Association (PEKK)
The film also participated in International Film Festivals such as Toronto 2002, Chicago 2002, Greek Film Festival Sydney 2003, and more.