Loafing and Camouflage
Original title: Loufa kai parallagi
- 19841984
- 1h 39m
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7.8/10
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The "adventures" of some friends during their military service.The "adventures" of some friends during their military service.The "adventures" of some friends during their military service.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
3.4K
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With his surname bearing an uncanny resemblance to the last name of Georgios Papadopoulos, the leader of the military coup d'état that took place in Greece on 21 April 1967, ecstatic Yannis Papadopoulos, a Greek Army soldier and father of two, finds himself transferred to the newly founded Armed Forces Television in Athens. At last, Yannis can be close to his wife and children. However, instead of hitting the jackpot, the young cinematographer and his inventive brothers-in-arms are in for a big surprise: the ugly truth of a new reality. Under those circumstances, can loafing and camouflage work? Above all, can Yannis' companions turn the crisis to their advantage? —Nick Riganas
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- A national tragedy turned into a comedy.
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- TriviaThe two buildings that were used to shoot the film are in Pedion Areos in Athens. The first one is the headquarters of the Hellenic Army Geographical Service and it used to host the facilities of the Military Broadcasting Service, and the second one is the building of the Hellenic National Defense College.
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Dictatorship in a different way
Perhaps the best Greek film the last 25 years and a film along with 2-3 more that kept the Greek cinema alive during the 80s. A story of the soldiers who worked on the first attempt to make television in Greece (at the YENNED studios) in the mid-to-late 60s and a funny view of the 7 year dictatorship (1967-1974). People who don't have much to do in life and try to make money from everything (they even try to film a porn film to earn some). Perakis writes and directs this film and makes it hilarious sometimes and caustic, but really serious when it has to deal with matters of people with left political beliefs. The film is original because it does not follow the path other Greek directors used to follow in order to make a film for such periods (and they were many who have done so since 1975). It shows that not anybody was fighting against the regime, not because they didn't like what was happening, but because they did not feel that their life was changed that much and most of all it's not the gloomy depiction of the 7 years. The "ghost" of the dictatorship is always there, don't forget that it's a film about a military dictatorship, seen from a view of people who are IN the army. If you are Greek, then it is, a must-seen-film ! Highly recommended for anybody else !
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