Panagiotis Mantziafos

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.

Andreas is a big broker. He loves his wife, admires the "fairer sex", believes that women are won with money, that tax evasion is a contribution to economic development and he would give his life for his friend. He faces the crisis as if it never came. He offers "fillets", such as the area surrounding the Acropolis to German and Arab investors. He can't live without his best friend, Makis, also known as Tiger, whom he has "rewarded" with the position of President in his company to sign the agreements, which of course leads him to prison at the most crucial moment, when Akalyptos prepares the big trick, with which he will "catch the good one" once and for all...

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.

Andreas is a big broker. He loves his wife, admires the "fairer sex", believes that women are won with money, that tax evasion is a contribution to economic development and he would give his life for his friend. He faces the crisis as if it never came. He offers "fillets", such as the area surrounding the Acropolis to German and Arab investors. He can't live without his best friend, Makis, also known as Tiger, whom he has "rewarded" with the position of President in his company to sign the agreements, which of course leads him to prison at the most crucial moment, when Akalyptos prepares the big trick, with which he will "catch the good one" once and for all...