

Three idealists kidnap a guy nobody wants back. Greek democracy, baby!
With the end of the dictatorship, three friends create a Humanitarian Movement to save Greece. In order to raise money, they kidnap a wealthy businessman and threaten to kill him if he does not give them the money they need. Things get complicated when they realize that the businessman's relatives are not interested in him.
Acting
Kostas Voutsas's frantic energy carries the whole disaster.
Writing
Dark irony that relatives prefer ransom over rescue.

Director
Giannis Dalianidis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Greece's fragile post-junta transition, the film mocks both revolutionary fervor and bourgeois complacency with nervous energy.
Dalianidis was a mainstream comedy director; this political turn surprised critics who expected safer fare.
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