Two broke idiots swap lives to escape marriage. Chaos ensues. Greek comedy gold.
An employee can not marry the girl, because of financial problems and stalked by her brother. So decide, together with the son of his boss, facing the same problems, to get each other's position.
Acting
Giannis Gionakis perfected the sweating, scampering everyman archetype.
Writing
Ridiculous premise executed with relentless escalation.
Director
Hristos Kyriakopoulos
Giannis Gionakis
Zisis Karafantaris
Sotiris Moustakas
Liakos Karatasou
Alekos Tzanetakos
Alekos Detsikas
Sasa Kastoura
Marina
Eleni Theofilou
Marina
Periklis Hristoforidis
Miltos Detsikas
Ria Deloutsi
Marina
Nikitas Platis
Mr. Hatziskourias
Athinodoros Prousalis
Panagos
Giorgos Velentzas
Gerasimos Panourgias
Filio Koulaxi
Manos Destounis
Famelis
Giorgos Loukakis
Manolis
Nikos Garofallou
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gionakis dominated 1970s Greek commercial cinema with this exact character: the hapless working-class man terrorized by women and authority.
The 'swap lives' premise here inverts American screwball comedy—instead of discovery, both men immediately want their old misery back.
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