{"id":236,"date":"2026-10-19T21:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borntwice.24ores.gr\/what-the-film-critics-say-it-should-be-shown-in-every-school\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T21:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:46:16","slug":"what-the-film-critics-say-it-should-be-shown-in-every-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borntwice.24ores.gr\/en\/what-the-film-critics-say-it-should-be-shown-in-every-school\/","title":{"rendered":"What the film critics say \u2013 \u201cIt should be shown in every school\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glowing, extensive reviews for Stelios Kouloglou\u2019s documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/tvxs.gr\/tag\/gennimenos-dyo-fores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cBorn Twice\u201d<\/a>, and words of praise from film critics for its protagonist. Below are excerpts from the reviews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKouloglou tells the story with sensitivity and tenderness\u2026 Especially at a time when the far right is gaining more and more ground, it is important to remember the consequences of its rise and its victims.\u201d <strong>Dimitris Panagopoulos (Efimerida ton Syntakton)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn excellent documentary, just 75 minutes long. A condensed narrative. A moving story\u2026 About survival, memory and, above all, forgiveness!\u201d <strong>Dimitris Danikas (Proto Thema)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Holocaust survivor recounts his adventures in a simple yet gripping way and becomes a living testimony to a generous, philosophical outlook on life\u2026 unexpected and moving details that add refreshing colour to a grey century.\u201d <strong>Christos Mitsis (Athinorama)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026through the story of the adorable Simon emerges an anti-war, anti-racist, humanist message\u2026 What a great advantage for a documentary (and an important choice by its director, of course): a hero with a unique story and a gentle charm. Simon Gronowski is the heart, the mind and the music of this film.\u201d <strong>Lida Galanou (Flix)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026the film\u2019s protagonist speaks without evasion about what is happening in Gaza today, calling Netanyahu a \u2018war criminal\u2019.\u201d <strong>Konstantinos Kaimakis (Documento)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026a film about survival, memory and forgiveness, which works both as a historical warning and as a gift of life.\u201d <strong>HuffPost Greece<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026there are screenings worth seeing this week, and these are the ones we recommend\u2026 If historical reality is lost in individual trauma, then all that remains is managing the consequences of the barbarity of a war\u2026 Instead of a review, we leave you with a question from Bertolt Brecht\u2019s \u2018Five Difficulties in Writing the Truth\u2019: <em>\u2018How, then, can an opponent of fascism tell the truth about fascism if he wants to say nothing about capitalism, which gives rise to it? How can such a truth be of any practical use?\u2019<\/em>\u201d <strong>Rizospastis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI fell in love with a 95-year-old man, and it\u2019s Kouloglou\u2019s fault\u2026 \u2018Born Twice\u2019 should be shown in every school in Greece.\u201d <strong>Evgenia Loupaki (Facebook)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glowing, extensive reviews for Stelios Kouloglou\u2019s documentary \u201cBorn Twice\u201d, and words of praise from film critics for its protagonist. Below are excerpts from the reviews. \u201cKouloglou tells the story with sensitivity and tenderness\u2026 Especially at a time when the far right is gaining more and more ground, it is important to remember the consequences of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/borntwice.24ores.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/borntwice.24ores.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/borntwice.24ores.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borntwice.24ores.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borntwice.24ores.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/borntwice.24ores.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borntwice.24ores.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/borntwice.24ores.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borntwice.24ores.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borntwice.24ores.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}