Makis , a man with difficulties in the stock market, falls for Roula , who is the mistress of a big tycoon , which Makis has invested in. Makis becomes witness to an assassination gone wrong. The police are after him thinking he is the shooter but the real assassin is after Makis to recruit him to his terrorist beliefs. The only comfort Makis can find is Roula who follows him on his deadly adventure.
Acting
Georgoulis plays panic with endearing desperation
Writing
Absurdist satire that bites harder than expected
Direction
Perakis keeps tonal chaos somehow coherent
Director
Nikos Perakis
Alexis Georgoulis
Makis Barlavantzas
Maria Solomou
Roula Dourabasi
Yannis Bostantzoglou
Vangelis Manolas
Ilias Logothetis
Spartakos
Giorgos Vasileiou
Fotis 'Sisyfos' Labiris
Elena Tzortzi
Roula's Mother
Christina Theodoropoulou
Sofia
Dimitris Kamberidis
Sotirhos
Hristos Simardanis
Peris
Dimitris Liolios
Menios
Mihalis Giannatos
Uncle
Natalia Papaioannou
Vanda
Renos Haralambidis
Taxi Driver
Giannis Hatzigiannis
Man in Train
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released pre-2008 crisis, the film's stock market satire became eerily prophetic about Greek economic collapse.
Alexis Georgoulis later became a Member of European Parliament—perhaps channeling Makis's accidental political energy.
GR
