Arpa Colla (1982)

6.5/10 104 min Comedy

Overview

"Arpa-colla" in Greek literally means "Grab and stick", a phrase used to show something that has been done quickly and therefore isn't good enough. This is what the 2 main heroes of the film are doing. The one is a director(Giorgos) and the other an author(Kostas) with communistic ideas, who has won a prize at a festival. They both want to make a movie for the cinema. But every idea they have never comes true, because every time they meet someone to whom they tell their idea, they change their mind, and they want to make a totally different movie, ideas varying from political cinema to Greek historical dramas and modern films with motorcycle gangs. Not a bad attempt for the Greek cinema of the early 80's, which starts to wake up from the hibernation of the 70's.

Cast

Mimis Chrysomallis

Giorgos Makropoulos

Nikos Kalogeropoulos

Kostas Antonakos

Despina Pajanou

Soula

Rocky Taylor

Shirley

Ilias Logothetis

Mr. Alexiou

Dimitris Piatas

Nikos Rizos

Mr. Karalefiotis

Ismini Kalessi

Betty Livanou

Giorgos' Wife

Malaina Anousaki

Panayotis Botinis

Giorgos Geogleris

Giorgos Kyritsis

Dimitris Poulikakos

Mihalis

Sofia Seirli

Nikos Tsachiridis

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