The Athenians

The Athenians (1990)

Comedy

This is a series of intersecting stories. A petty crook and former lover of a lazy ingénue steals the box-office receipts from the Odeon of Herodus Atticus, on the day an important football game is also taking place. There is also the story of the half-mad mother of the ingénue who refuses to put shoes on because she believes that shoes lead people astray. An eccentric grave-digger produces a two-seater coffin for couple-victims of car accidents. The film also tells the story of one of the Odeon's cleaning women and of a watermelon that goes all around the city, pursued by a tired theater technician and his sister, who is a tour guide. The impresario conducts an inquiry after the theft, but the thief and his two associates, the ingénue and the technician, use what was stolen to set up a small theatre. Small everyday stories and comic incidents combine to create a portrait of modern-day Athens.

Director: Vassilis Alexakis

Casts

	Antonis Kafetzopoulos as
	Nadia Mourouzi as
	Giorgos Konstas as
	Mania Papadimitriou as
	Athinodoros Prousalis as
	Kostas Tsakonas as
	Takis Moschos as
	Giorgos Ninios as
	Ismini Kalessi as
	Nikos Alexiou as
	Sofia Filippidou as
	Voula Zouboulaki as

Crew