Kostis Papagiorgis the Sweetest Misanthrope

Documentaryportrait of one of the most important Greek essayists In this portrait of Kostis Papagiorgis we follow the story of the essayists life from his birth in 1947 to his death in 2014 discovering the way his writings develop and how his character is reflected in them All those who meet Kostis Papagiorgis through reading his books find in him a good friend a teacher a guide a perfect interlocutor a comrade Even though he never appeared on television avoiding selfexhibition like the plague he was very well known and his appeal to the public has always been great Behind his sharpness and irony as he wrote mostly on the negative aspects of things he was a warm and tender man and this shone through in his work Through his acute inner gaze and selfknowledge Kostis Papagiorgis who is probably the most important essayist of contemporary Greece meditates deeply on the Human Condition