Ο Πατούχας

In a quiet Greek village of 1863, an extraordinary child appears one Sunday—Manolis, a boy whose sudden growth makes him tower over his peers. Villagers stare, whisper, and mock in equal measure, their laughter echoing through the market as the youngster’s oversized limbs become the subject of impromptu verses and playful jeers. The local shepherd‑girl, Spyridolenia, leads the chorus of amusement, turning the boy’s awkwardness into a village spectacle that spreads from doorstep to chapel.

Yet behind the jokes lies a tension between family ambition and fragile education. Manolis’s father, determined to forge a “real man,” pulls the boy from his pastoral life and delivers him to a stern monk who runs a fledgling school, where the only lesson so far is a cryptic “Cross, help!” The boy’s restless spirit clashes with the monk’s rigid discipline, setting the stage for a struggle that will test loyalty, identity, and the limits of both tradition and youthful defiance.