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Touch the Sun – The Gift (c.1988)

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clip What's wrong with being Greek?

Original classification rating: G. This clip chosen to be G

Clip description

Nikos feeds his birds and Sophia plays with makeup before the family sits down to dinner. On their way to school, Nikos tells Sophia it’s about time she started doing her own maths homework.

Curator’s notes

In this clip we see Niko’s love for birds and his mathematical ability, and Sophia’s interest in makeup, which her parents clearly don’t approve of. At the family dinner, when their grandfather compares everything with Greece, the children find him old fashioned, highlighting the generation gap and a cultural gap.