Any comment on the movie from a Greek / Albanian perspective?

Hi I'm from Greece and it seemed realistic to me. Many greek people are racist towards Albanians and there is also a particular fascist political party that attacks people from other countries/homosexuals etc. There is a common belief here that all Albanians are thieves etc but fortunately there are also open minded people that don't judge others just because of their ethnicity or their sexual orientation. People from Albania that have grown up here probably feel that they belong in Greece since that's the place they really know and feel connected to. The problem is that they are often rejected by their own country just because of their Albanian roots.The kids from the movie probably feel like they have no roots since Greece doesn't accept them and they don't feel like they belong to Albania and of course they have also lost their family ties so they are entirely disconnected from their past. They only have each other.
As for Danny I guess his appearance was a bit cliche with the bleached hair etc, but after all there are some gays who like to dress like that (of course not all of them). He was alone caring for his mother who had drinking problems and he had to be the adult for her and abandon his childhood, so I guess the lollipop was more of a symbol for his innocence and sweet tooth than his sexuality. He didn't want to grow up so he was holding on to his childhood and innocence. Even in the first scene of the movie that he is shown to be sexually involved with a much oldrer man his mind is elsewhere and doesn't seem to be in touch with reality.

Sorry for my bad English

--EDIT-- I should warn about SPOILERS

Hi,

I saw this movie yesterday. I believe i agree with you that some things where done a bit over the top, but some of them where there to make the basic message of the movie visible. I believe that the movie was trying to show the current situation in Greece and how Hospitality is affected between the citizens. Xenia is an old Greek for philo(friend of)-Xenia which means hospitality. This is a trade that Greeks are actually known for but the movie digs deeper and under the carpet. The brothers are Albanian symbolizes the basic immigrant that have no home anymore ("Strangers anywhere they go") but also Happy anywhere can make a leaving in. Danny is also gay and that in my mind symbolizes the in-hospitality among the not only the Greeks themselves but among all of us (Remember the attack in the park was made by Albanians but also by Greeks and gov police at the start of the movie)

I believe is a bit ironic that the brothers found refuge in a hotel called Xenia but that also makes the message of the movie stand out

Also i do believe that the father and the recognition the brother seek has little to do with what the plot direct's but has to do with a greater picture. The brothers seek recognition from the greater social group, society it self. It's no coincidence i believe that the supposed father is an extremist right, called fascist, and associated with the events that happened to Danny.

That's when the older brother see's the clear picture and denies any recognition from the corrupted and discriminating society that Lefteris symbolizes. He want's no connection with it.

Actually I thought about it again and I'm sorry I take back what I said about Danny's appearance being cliche because labeling something as cliche is like rejecting it and saying that it shouldn't be depicted. I think it is unfair to effeminate guys (either gays or straight) to label their style as "cliche". After all the fact that one of the protagonists is an effeminate gay doesn't mean that the movie is trying to make a point that all gays are like that and of course the thing that matters is to live however we want whether we match a stereotype or not, because if we live the way we want to even if we do match a stereotype it would be because of our own choice and not because someone else said we shoud be/dress a certain way.

Are they speaking greek or Albanian? I can't tell the languages apart