Kostas (Dinos Iliopoulos), a small-time lawyer is tasked with accompanying Smaro (Smaroula Giouli), a young rich heiress, from the country to Athens where she wants to sell her estate. Kostas though starts a day late and Smaro goes to Athens by herself. In the end after much wandering and misunderstandings Kostas will meet Smaro who will fall in love with him.
Acting
Dinos Iliopoulos masters the desperate everyman with impeccable timing.
Writing
Misunderstanding upon misunderstanding, each more delicious than the last.
Production
1958 Athens locations capture a city on the cusp of modernity.
Director
Hristos Apostolou
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This belongs to the 'foustanela' comedy wave, where urban-rural clashes dominated 1950s Greek popular cinema and reflected rapid postwar modernization.
Dinos Iliopoulos and Smaroula Giouli were Greek cinema's golden couple; their real chemistry made manufactured misunderstandings actually painful to watch.
GR
