Loufa kai parallagi: Sirines sto Egeo (2005)

Director:

Nicos Perakis

Writer:

Nicos Perakis (written by)

Release Date:

8 December 2005 (Greece)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A group of Greek solders, who serve their military service in Kos, is sent to guard the skerry of Pitta. Everything looked normal until a Turkish boat disembarks 4 castaways on Pitta.

Plot Keywords:

Parallagh | Military | Soldier | Loufa

Cast

Yannis Tsimitselis	...	Tzibitzidis
Yorgos Seitaridis	...	Parlavatzas
Ioannis Papazisis	...	Kalouris
Orfeas Avgoustidis	...	Stavrakomathiakakis
Socratis Patsikas	...	Nakos
Stelios Xanthoudakis	...	Papadakis
Vassilis Haralambopoulos	...	Bakakos
Renos Haralambidis	...	Makris
Vicky Kaya	...	Marialena
Tugçe Kazaz	...	Havva (as Tugce Seitaridi)
Anthimos Ananiadis
Arzu Yanardag	...	Sevda
Muge Bakircioglou	...	Pinar
Metin Belgin	...	Osman
Aris Bafaloukas	...	Gouvelis

Runtime:

Greece:115 min (original version)

Country:

Greece

Language:

Greek | Greek

Color:

Color

Company:

CL Productions

Movie Connections:

Follows Loufa kai parallagi (1984)

Soundtrack:

Pano stin trela mou

Good script beats special effects any time

I wasn't expecting much from this movie. I had heard a lot of positive comments from people who had seen it (some of them twice). Most of the recent Greek films that have come out were a total waste of my time. This one was different. It was funny in a continuous smile kind of way, but there were also moments were it totally cracked me up. The characters are diverse (with the gay soldier and the soldier from Crete producing some of the most hilarious moments). I also liked the fact that the movie tries in a very subtle way to convey certain messages (mainly that Greeks and Turks have more in common than they'd like to confess). I think people of Turkish descent will also find this movie enjoyable. All in all quite a good movie. It goes to show that you don't need special effects if you have good dialogues and scenario.