Rural Cyprus, 1925. The twelve days of Christmas are beginning - the time when, according to local folklore, creatures known as kalikantzari come up from Hell to wreak havoc. Despo is heavily pregnant and deeply afraid. Meanwhile, her husband Loukas finds himself irresistibly drawn to an Englishman, a newcomer to the island.
Orestis refuses to accept his lot in life. He wants a better job, a toned body, a brighter future. When he lands a job at 5-star hotel, Orestis feels he is finally on his way. That is, until he meets a high-end gigolo who draws him onto a different path.
DISBANDED KINGDOM is a brilliantly written 21st Century coming-of-age story, set against the emotive backdrop of the United Kingdom's breakaway from the European Union and its threatened rupture with Scotland.