Liar Wanted (2010)
This bitter political satire is based on a theatre play, later made to a movie, of which the current film is a remake.It's main focus is the clientelistic character of Greek politics which makes a well-meaning but naive Health minister to employ an ambitious young provincial with a talent for lying in order to handle the diverse demands of his volatile political clientèle.The provincial becomes the mastermind behind every move of the minister causing the envy of the minister's closest associates and of his good-looking wife, played by rising Greek media star Zeta Makrypoulia. Changes of fortune abound and finally the plot reveals that the lying provincial is not a bad person in heart although he never denounces lying as a survival strategy.
Director: Ieroklis Michaelidis
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Ieroklis Michaelidis as Theofilos Ferekis |
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Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos as Theodoros Parlas |
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Zeta Makrypoulia as Jenny Fereki |
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Pigmalion Dadakaridis as Leonidas |
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Apostolia Zoi as Pitsa |
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Pavlos Orkopoulos as Agis |
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Michalis Iatropoulos as Karabekos |
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Fotini Baxevani as Koula |
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Katia Goulioni as Kali |
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Thanasis Dovris as Giannis |
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Klelia Renesi as Stella B |
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Akis Sakellariou as Hatzigeorgiou |
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Maria Filippou as Mitera Thodorou |
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Tasos Kostis as |
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Dimitris Mavropoulos as |
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Katerina Papadaki as Chara |
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Dimitra Sigala as News Presenter |
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Vicky Ntoulia as |
| Directing | Ieroklis Michaelidis | Director |
| Writing | Panagiotis Mantziafos | Writer |
| Writing | Dimitris Psathas | Writers' Production |
| Writing | Dimitris Psathas | Original Story |