Children two poor families fall in love with each other and sink their relatives in grief. Their families were hoping that those will escape poverty, making a marriage with a rich partner
Acting
Makis Demiris serving desperate dad energy.
Production
Peak 80s Athens aesthetic, gloriously unpolished.
Director
Dimitris Athanasiadis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This typifies the 'koultouriariko' wave—Greek commercial cinema mocking class anxiety through broad comedy that working audiences ate up.
Makis Demiris was Greece's everyman for decades; this role was reportedly written specifically for his signature frantic desperation.
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