Jae-Ha Kim, Tribune Content Agency

Some people dream of quitting their job and enjoying the quiet life. Not Leonidas G. Demas. After he retired from his career as an attorney, he pursued his passion for filmmaking. Demas wrote a script for the film “A Spartan Dream,” which has a mid-August release date. “Over the years, I had developed a love for Greece, visiting many times from childhood to the present,” said Demas, 78. “[I was] particularly focused on a small village in the Spartan countryside known as Amyklai. These were the experiences from which ‘A Spartan Dream’ is derived.” The burgeoning filmmaker did this interview from his home in Tarpon Springs, Florida.

Q: Where are some of the places you filmed “A Spartan Dream”?

A: Actually, the entire film was filmed in Greece and 90 perc

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