NIKOS PANAYOTOPOULOS
Born in Mytilene (Lesbos Island) in 1941 and passed away in Athens in 2016. He studied film in Athens while working as an assistant director in Greek and international productions. From 1960 to 1973, he lived in Paris, where he studied at the Sorbonne. In 1974, he returned to Greece and directed his first film, The Colors of Iris, an instant classic of New Greek Cinema. He was one of the most originaL and prolific directors of the New Wave of Greek Cinema. Developing his personal style, blending various genres—from comedy to crime films and from musicals to road movies—he directed 13 more films. His work focused on the lives of people in contemporary Greece, their interpersonal relationships, cinema itself, and art in general. His cinematic vision was characterized by humor and tenderness, with strong doses of irony and sarcasm about the human condition.
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Theophilus Palios owns a small traditional publishing house. He falls madly in love with Sia who a singer in a popular show who adds to her income by the “generosity” of her old fans.
He begins spending enormous amounts of money to satisfy her. He suffers economic collapse, as well as jealousy of her numerous admirers. He ends up entangled in a case of robbery and murder. Sia in an act of self-sacrifice becomes the mistress of the policeman investigating the crime, in order to save Theophilus. Thus, creating an odd triangle.
CAST
Nikos Arvanitis
Theofania Papathoma
Akilas Karazisis
Betty Arvaniti
Alexis Georgouli
Athena Maximou
Renos Mandis
CREDITS
DIRECTOR: Nikos Panayotopoulos
SCREENPLAY: Nikos Panayotopoulos
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Giorgos Arvanitis
EDITING: Takis Yannopoulos
MUSIC: Sramatis Kraounakis
SETS: Dionyssis Fotopoulos
COSTUMES: Marianna Spanoudaki
SOUND: Yannis Charalampidis, Costas Fylaktidis, Valia Tserou, Costas Varympopiotis, Mark Kenna
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