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...λιποτάκτης

Α fresco of life in a small country spa, as it unfolds before the eyes of Christos, a young man from Athens. Christos is led there, dazzled by a youth, Manolis, in whose person all the contradictions of his social milieu come to life. At first an insubordinate wildcat who has deserted from the army three times, Manolis will re-enter his social world, becoming assimilated into it little by little and bringing to light all the characteristics of his alienation. Money is the basic reason for Manolis’s alienation as well as that of the other inhabitants of the spa, which lives and prospers thanks to the local tourist trade.

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Direction: Yorgos Korras, Christos Voupouras

Script: Yorgos Korras, Christos Voupouras

Cinematography: Andreas Bellis

Editing: Yorgos Korras, Christos Voupouras

Sound: Nikos Achladis

Music: Eleni Karaindrou

Actors: Stelios Pavlou, Stelios Mainas, Toula Stathopoulou, Leonidas Nomikos, Magda Tsaggani, Yorgos Giannopoulos, Sinta Stefanopoulou, Steliow Reppas, Yannis Christoyannis, Tasos Pantzartzis, Anthi Gounari, Panayiotis Stamatopoulos, Yorgos Zahariou, Maria Thanou, Nikos Zoiopoulos, Dimitris Mavrikios

Production: Optikoakοustiki LTD, ERT SA

Producers: Yorgos Korras, Christos Voupouras

Costumes: Damianos Zarifis

Sets: Damianos Zarifis

Make Up: Voula Karasa

Format: 35mm

Color: Color

Production Country: Greece

Production Year: 1988

Duration: 121΄

Distribution in Greece: Feelgood Entertainment, info@feelgoodentertainment.gr

Awards/Distinctions: Best Supporting Actress – Thessaloniki IFF 1988 Best Supporting Actress, Best Quality Film Award – Ministry Of Culture State Quality Awards 1989 Award – Turin Gay FF 1989

Yorgos Korras

Yorgos Korras was born in Derveni, in 1948. He studied Film at the Stavrakos Film School and Greek Literature and History at Athens University. He has worked as a journalist and critic for newspapers and magazines, as a director and supervisor of radio programs, and as a film director. He is also the co-author with Christos Voupouras of the book Mirupafshim tha pei kali antamosi [Mirupafshim Μeans “Farewell, till we Meet Again”], published by Hestia Publisher. For the last 25 years he has taught Film Aesthetics at private schools and at the Film Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Recently, he published a theoretical and historical study on the expressive means of cinema, entitled Gefsi tou sinema [The Flavor of Cinema].

Filmography

1974 Snapshot from an Excursion (short)
1985 The Cronos Children
1988 ...deserter (co-direction: Christos Voupouras)
1997 Mirupafshim (co-direction: Christos Voupouras)