Arpa Colla
6.5
"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.
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Cast
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Mimis Chrysomallis
Giorgos Makropoulos
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Nikos Kalogeropoulos
Kostas Antonakos
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Rembetiko
Despina Pajanou
Soula
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Anna
Doppelter Einsatz
Rocky Taylor
Shirley
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Loafing and Camouflage
Ilias Logothetis
Mr. Alexiou
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Landscape in the Mist
The Suspended Step of the Stork
Dimitris Piatas
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Uranya
What a Mess
Nikos Rizos
Mr. Karalefiotis
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World Gone Mad
The Bridegrooms of Eftyhia
Ismini Kalessi
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Για Μια Θέση στον Ήλιο
With Two Moms
Betty Livanou
Giorgos' Wife
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A Foolish Love
Η Αμαρτία Της Ομορφιάς
Malaina Anousaki
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NO
Μας ενώνει ο πόνος
Panayotis Botinis
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Η Καλή ... Πεθερά
Landscape in the Mist
Giorgos Geogleris
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Nikos Perakis Director · Giorgos Panousopoulos Cinematographer Giorgos Triandafyllou Editor
First release October 6, 1982 · Produced in Germany, Greece · Languages English, Greek
Production
Giorgos Panousopoulos EPE
Production
Greek Film Centre
Production
Spentzos Films
Production
Taurus Film
Production
Germany · Greece
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Άρπα Colla
Original language
Greek
Spoken on screen
English · Greek
Release dates
Greece · October 6, 1982
Theatrical · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Greece
October 7, 1984 · Limited theatrical · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
October 23, 2010 · Limited theatrical · Panorama of European Cinema
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