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Ziteitai pseftis

  • 20102010
  • 1h 27m
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Ieroklis Michaelidis, Zeta Makrypoulia, and Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos in Ziteitai pseftis (2010)
  • Comedy
Theofilos Ferekis is the new minister of Health and Welfare who has to deal with all the "favours" he promised during the pre election period. As soon as he realizes that he will not easily ... Read allTheofilos Ferekis is the new minister of Health and Welfare who has to deal with all the "favours" he promised during the pre election period. As soon as he realizes that he will not easily pull off, he decides to hire a... professional liar. Theodoros Parlas or Pseftothodoros (L... Read allTheofilos Ferekis is the new minister of Health and Welfare who has to deal with all the "favours" he promised during the pre election period. As soon as he realizes that he will not easily pull off, he decides to hire a... professional liar. Theodoros Parlas or Pseftothodoros (Liar Theo) who has a great "talent" for making false promises starts a great career as Fere... Read all
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  • Director
    • Ieroklis Michaelidis
  • Writers
    • Panagiotis Mantziafos(adaptation)
    • Dimitris Psathas(play)
    • Konstadina Yahali(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Ieroklis Michaelidis
    • Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos
    • Zeta Makrypoulia
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  • Director
    • Ieroklis Michaelidis
  • Writers
    • Panagiotis Mantziafos(adaptation)
    • Dimitris Psathas(play)
    • Konstadina Yahali(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Ieroklis Michaelidis
    • Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos
    • Zeta Makrypoulia
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    Ieroklis Michaelidis
    Ieroklis Michaelidis
    • Theofilos Ferekis
    Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos
    Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos
    • Thodoros
    Zeta Makrypoulia
    Zeta Makrypoulia
    • Tzeni
    Pigmalion Dadakaridis
    Pigmalion Dadakaridis
    • Leonidas
    • (as Pygmalion Dadakaridis)
    Pavlos Orkopoulos
    Pavlos Orkopoulos
    • Agis
    Michalis Iatropoulos
    Michalis Iatropoulos
    • Karabekos
    Fotini Baxevani
    Fotini Baxevani
    • Koula
    • (as Foteini Baxevani)
    Katia Goulioni
    • Kali
    • (as Katia Gkoulioni)
    Thanasis Dovris
    • Giannis
    Klelia Renesi
    Klelia Renesi
    • Stella B
    Akis Sakellariou
    Akis Sakellariou
    • Hatzigeorgiou
    Maria Filippou
    Maria Filippou
    • Mitera Thodorou
    Tasos Kostis
    Tasos Kostis
    Sergios Leventis
    • Thodoros se ilikia 10 chronon (Thodoros at 10 years old)
    Dimitris Mavropoulos
    Dimitris Mavropoulos
    Katerina Papadaki
    • Chara
    Dimitra Sigala
    Dimitra Sigala
    • Parousiástria eidíseon (News Presenter)
    Vicky Ntoulia
    • Woman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ieroklis Michaelidis
    • Writers
      • Panagiotis Mantziafos(adaptation)
      • Dimitris Psathas(play)
      • Konstadina Yahali(adaptation)
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      Thodoros: The truth is always relative.

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    10/10
    Smart, Witty Remake of a Political Comedy Classic
    Zitietai Pseftis ("Liar Wanted") is a remake of a Greek comedy classic made in 1962, based on a play by the prolific playwright Dimitris Psathas. The issues in this movie is political corruption, cronyism, and the tendency to "stretch the truth" (= lie) in politics. It is a dark, witty political comedy about a charming, yet pathological, liar, who works his way up the political ladder as a political aide for an honest, yet clueless and largely ineffectual, government minister.

    On the down side, the movie reverts, however briefly, to the tendency in many Greek comedies to become a "T & A" farce. Thankfully and quickly, the movie returns to the comic issues present in Psathas' play.

    On the up side, the dialogue is smart, the acting is spot-on, the casting is perfect, and the pace is fast-paced and engaging. The issues are indeed universal. While many of the situations in this movie may be specific to Greece, political corruption and lying politicians are hardly limited to Greece. World-wide, in politics the game is the same. Anyone could relate to this movie if not for the fact that lying and political corruption is a fact of life in every country world wide.

    While the protagonist predictably gets caught up in his numerous lies, the movie wisely downplays the type of moralism that could easily spoil the comedy intended on the subject. There are indeed tragic and far-reaching consequences to political prevarication (remember "Weapons of Mass Destruction"?). Disregarding this, it is comical, albeit darkly comic and mainly in hindsight, to witness a governmental functionary tell an obvious, plain, falsehood, a bald-face lie, say, at a Congressional hearing or in national address or press conference.

    For English viewers, there are subtitles to enjoy the action. For Greek-speakers, the dialogue is hilarious. There are certain things that cannot be stated in subtitles. The movie should not be missed.
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    • Release date
      • December 23, 2010 (Greece)
    • Country of origin
      • Greece
    • Language
      • Greek
    • Also known as
      • Liar Wanted
    • Production companies
      • CL Productions
      • Film In Mind
      • Finos Film
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      • $1,977,642
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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