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Arpa Colla (1982)

Arpa Colla (1982)

Comedy
Release Date: 1982, October 6
Directors: Nikos Perakis
Countries: Germany, Greece
Production: Giorgos Panousopoulos EPE, Greek Film Centre, Spentzos Films, Spentzos Films, Taurus Film, Taurus Film
Cast: Despina Pajanou, Alexandros Kollatos, Dimitris Poulikakos, Ilias Logothetis, Betty Livanou, Vasilis Tsaglos, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Mimis Chrysomallis, Rocky Taylor, Nikos Rizos, Stelios Kiousis

Overview:

"Arpa-colla" in Greek literally means "Grab and stick", a phrase used to show something that has been done quickly and therefore isn't good enough. This is what the 2 main heroes of the film are doing. The one is a director(Giorgos) and the other an author(Kostas) with communistic ideas, who has won a prize at a festival. They both want to make a movie for the cinema. But every idea they have never comes true, because every time they meet someone to whom they tell their idea, they change their mind, and they want to make a totally different movie, ideas varying from political cinema to Greek historical dramas and modern films with motorcycle gangs. Not a bad attempt for the Greek cinema of the early 80's, which starts to wake up from the hibernation of the 70's.

Keywords:

satire film in film political satire social satire filmmaking film industry