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Fortunate Son - A Family Love Story


Saturday, August 25, 7 p.m. ET

In this intimate autobiographical documentary, Tony Assimakopolous, the only son of Greek immigrants, searches for happiness with his fiancée by looking at his complicated, sometimes painful relationship with his overbearing mother and ailing father. As a recovered addict, Tony probes the sources of anger and shame in his early family life in an effort to start his marriage on solid footing. Shot in Montreal and Greece, Fortunate Son is a heartwarming film about faith, renewal, and the definition of love.

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August 25, 2012 at 7 p.m.

In this intimate autobiographical documentary, Tony Assimakopolous, the only son of Greek immigrants, searches for happiness with his fiancée by looking at his complicated, sometimes painful relationship with his overbearing mother and ailing father. As a recovered addict, Tony probes the sources of anger and shame in his early family life in an effort to start his marriage on solid footing. Shot in Montreal and Greece, Fortunate Son is a heartwarming film about faith, renewal, and the definition of love. Thursday August 30, 2012

Fortunate Son finishes run at Cinema du Parc

Fortunate Son: A Love Story, the charming and harrowing documentary about two very different marriages in one family, has finished its successful runs at Excentris and Cinema du Parc to great reviews.If you missed your chance to see it on the big screen, catch the TV version, Fortunate Son: A Family Love Story on CBC, August 25th at 7 p.m. ET  Tuesday July 3, 2012