SUNDAYS

By Alethea AVRAMIS

HERETIC - as SALES

Documentary - Completed 2020

After thirty years of serving as a Greek Orthodox priest in the US, Tom Avramis decides to leave the priesthood, shocking his tight knit family and admiring parishioners. When his daughter discovers an old video he made about his life detailing the burdens and secrets he carried, she turns the camera on him, revealing further secrets about her father’s past.

Festivals
& Awards

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (online) 2021
Greek Docs
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • GREECE, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 81 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Alethea AVRAMIS
    • Writer(s)
    • Alethea AVRAMIS
    • Producer(s)
    • Giorgos KARNAVAS (HERETIC), Konstantinos KONTOVRAKIS (HERETIC)
    • Synopsis
    • After thirty years of serving as a Greek Orthodox priest in the US, Tom Avramis, a man known in the community for his charismatic personality and dynamic speaking abilities, unexpectedly decides to leave the Church. When a video-diary from the past is discovered, in which Tom confesses to himself the deeper thoughts, burdens and doubts he experienced being a spiritual leader, the story begins to unfold. It is only when Tom’s daughter, Alethea, turns the camera on him that secrets about his past and present are revealed.