Loufa kai parallagi

Mar 23 1984 N/A 1h 39m
Comedy

The film is the story of a group of soldiers, who, in the course of their compulsory military service in 1967 and 1968, before and during the military dictatorship in Greece, are assigned to the then recently founded Armed Forces Television. This TV station, founded for the civilian population, was run by the Cinematographic Unit of the army which until then had only produced propaganda films and newsreels and was responsible for entertaining the troops and other charity organizations with movie screenings. The personnel was composed mostly of soldiers, who already had experience in the film business in their civilian lives, as well as those who received their training in the army. The story may be only 95% true, but that is simply because the true story is even more absurd...

Plot

With his surname bearing an uncanny resemblance to that of Georgios Papadopoulos, the leader of the military coup d'état that took place in Greece on 21 April 1967, the ecstatic Greek Army soldier and father-of-two, Yannis Papadopoulos, is transferred to the newly founded Armed Forces Television. There, being close to his wife and children, and believing that he has hit the jackpot, instead, the young cinematographer, along with an inventive motley crew of brothers-in-arms, will find themselves face-to-face with the authoritarian regime, and the ugly truth of a new reality. Under those circumstances, can loafing and camouflage work?

Written by

Nicos Perakis

Directed by

Nicos Perakis

Cast

Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Giorgos Kimoulis, Takis Spyridakis

Crew

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Production Countries

Greece

Production Companies

Spentzos Films, Greek Film Centre

Languages

Awards

4 wins & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
3,749
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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