The dead liqueur

Giannis Xanthoulis

… In Kypseli in the 50's, just before the catalytic wave of "compensation" rose to destroy the houses of the middle class. There, the twin boys with their older sister Rallou grow up in a mournful as well as affectionate environment with their new widowed mother, beloved aunts and the ghosts of a good memorable life. In the basement of the house are the remains of the old distillery - a family business - a place of mystery and play for the three children. There, after all, they will "play" the secret marriage, which, although a game, will determine their whole life. As for "The Dead Liqueur", the legend wanted it with aphrodisiac properties due to the drowning of a worker for erotic reasons in one of the barrels during the heyday of the company. Around stories, half-truths and question marks, the heroes follow their fate, sealed, anyway, by the intoxicating bitter taste of love in a particularly critical and transitional era.