Opa is Directed by Udayan Prassad (Gabriel and Me, My Son the Fanatic) and stars Mathew Modine (Full Metal Jacket, Birdy), Richard Griffiths (Harry Potter, The History Boys) and Agni Scott (Hamburg Cell). It is the wonderful story of an American archaeologist who visits Greece on a quest to finish his father's work but ends up discovering that life can be so beautiful when you are surrounded by people you love and who live life to the full.
Eric (Mathew Modine) arrives in the island of Patmos in Greece to finish his deceased father's life work: find the cup from which Saint John the Apostle was drinking while writing the Revelation, the final chapter of The Bible. He is greeted by Thierny (Richard Griffiths) a Welsh archaeologist who has been living in the island for decades. After some research and with the help of ground breaking technology, Eric discovers a lost church buried deep under a Taverna, owed by Katerina (Agni Scott). Eric is convinced that his father's life work, which has become an obsession for him, is amongst the ruins of the church. In the process however, he falls in love with Katerina and is faced with a dilemma: abandon his life's work and be with Katerina or fulfil his dream of finding the cup and in the process destroying Katerina's Taverna thus loosing her love. Opa is a romantic tale depicting Eric's and Katerina's discovery of each other and the strength of true love in the face of greed, ambition and adversity.
