Glykia symmoria (1983)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Nikos Nikolaidis

Writer:

Nikos Nikolaidis (writer)

Release Date:

19 October 1983 (Greece)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Surveillance | Gang | Female Nudity | Porn Shoot | Violence

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

Despina Tomazani	...	Sofia
Dora Masklavanou	...	Marina
Takis Moschos	...	Argyris
Takis Spiridakis	...	Andreas
Alkis Panagiotidis	...	Xanthos
Lenia Polycrati	...	Roza
Konstantinos Tzoumas	...	Kostantinos
Dinos Makris
Andreas Tsafos
Haris Romas
Takis Loukatos
Alkmini Stavrou
Marianna Koutalou
Katerina Sigountou
Fay Tsanetopoulou

Also Known As:

Γλυκιά συμμορία (Greece)
Sweet Bunch (International: English title)

Runtime:

154 min

Country:

Greece

Language:

Greek

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Kifissia, Athens, Greece

Company:

Afoi Vergeti

Quotes:

Marina: Are you nuts? What have you done?
Sofia: I killed him a bit.

Movie Connections:

References Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Soundtrack:

Glykia Marata

strange, at last a great Greek film !!!

Nikolaidis is definitely a unique artist with vision, obsessions and all those sweet little (or big) things that can make a human a true artist.

The film's mentality is a bit Greek/mediterranean I suppose, but it think that won't prevent open-mind viewers from getting Nikolaidis point.

This quite big film (154 min) is a dialog based paranoia, mostly because of its surreal scenery, not in the matter of weird / surreal visuals but mainly because of photography, Athens superb 1983's landscapes, the "sweet bunch's" very unusual retro house-decoration and last but not least, the hilarious surreal dialogue & the humouristic element in various degrees.

Anyway, I am just writing here because yesterday I saw "Singapore Sling" another Nikolaidis classic which rocks, which is more known abroad, since I even saw comments from non-greeks here in IMDb. Since Singapore Sling has few but intensely positive reviews from non-greeks, you might as well want to check "Sweet bunch", so it might worth it trying to spot this, or any Nikolaidis picture for this matter. Just note that it doesn't get any close to Singapore Sling in matters of extremity or bold visuals, far from it...

Greek viewers will probably know this title. If you're not familiar with Nikolaidis, it's a nice place to start!