A Personal Experience of Representation - The Intersection of Armenian Culture & Epilepsy
I am an Armenian who has a mild form of epilepsy. I rarely see Armenian culture and epilepsy properly portrayed in film or TV. I delve into the how and why.
Liar Wanted
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.
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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.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Panagiotis Mantziafos, Dimitris Psathas
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Runtime:90 minutes
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Cast
Ieroklis Michaelidis
Director
Ieroklis Michaelidis
Theofilos Ferekis
Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos
Theodoros Parlas
Zeta Makrypoulia
Jenny Fereki
Pigmalion Dadakaridis
Leonidas
Apostolia Zoi
Pitsa
Pavlos Orkopoulos
Agis
Michalis Iatropoulos
Karabekos
Fotini Baxevani
Koula
Katia Goulioni
Kali
Thanasis Dovris
Giannis
Klelia Renesi
Stella B
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