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Eonios Fititis

The gaudy glamour of a backwater resort is the backdrop for a tale of two would-be con artists. Takis, a perennial gambler, meets Vera, a dealer-in-training and amidst a passionate relationship they hatch a scheme to fleece their casino. However, their success is short lived and they soon realise that some sacrifices are not worth making when love is at stake.

2001/ Drama/ Comedy / Rating:R18 / Director: Vangelis Seitanidis

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In the casino there is only one queen, the small ball that spins on the roulette table. None of the players pays the slightest attention to the female dealers. But Takis, a 'perennial' med student, doesn't go to the casino to win millions but to earn a day's wages. Vera works in a gym but trains and gets a second job as a dealer. Her aim is to protect her mother since regulations forbid relatives of employees from entering the casino. Let her Dad knock himself out. There's no way he'll ever play roulette again! At some point, Takis and Vera become lovers. They rig a game at the roulette table, leave the money with her mother and hide out in a friend's house, where their romantic dream soon succumbs to the wretched conditions in which they live. When her father dies of a heart attack in his Jeep, Vera suddenly finds herself with money. At the funeral, the manager of the casino threatens to send her to prison...

"a slick thriller from Greece with a story that rolls fluidly along in the hands of the writer/director Vangelis Seitanidis" Rotten Tomatoes.com

Winner - Best New Director / Best Screenplay, 2001 Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Cast: Emilios Hilakis, Maria Solomou, Stelios Christoforidis, Spyros Stavrinidis, May Sevastopoulou, Michalis Iatropoulos Guest Star: Smaragda Karydi, Costas Markopoulos

Other credits:

Script: Vangelis Seitanidis
Cinematography: Alekos Yannaros
Edited by: Giorgos Triantafyllou
Music: Fotini Baxevani, Dimitris Tsakas
Songs: CALEXICO, Bob Dylan
Set design: Sophia Zoumberi
Costumes: Lucia Hadjelou
Sound Recording: Antonis Economou
Production Manager: Dimitris Tzelas
Production: Greek Film Centre, Accelere Productions
Co-producers: ERT SA Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, Vangelis Seitanidis, Lexicon & Partners, OPTICOM - THE NEW MEDIA AGENCY
Sponsors: PAPASTRATOS AVEZ, OPEL/DYNAMOTORS, KLIK/KLIK FM, INTERACTIVE MEDIA SPONSORS, OPTICOM - THE NEW MEDIA AGENCY

"Instead of enjoying pockets full of cash, this Bonnie & Clyde couple must hide and duck the agents of the casino who have sniffed out their trail and will stop at nothing to retrieve the heist…" Vanguard Cinema

Awards:

. State Cinema Awards - 42nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival, 2001
· Best New Director
· Best Supporting Actor, Spiros Stavrianidis
· Hellenic Association of Playwriters - Award for original screenplay

Vangelis Seitanidis

Born in Athens in 1964. A graduate of Athens College, he received an MFA in film directing from Columbia University Film Division and attended the Actors Studio as a "guest". He has worked as assistant director to Nikos Panayotopoulos and Theo Angelopoulos on four feature films and scripted Panayotopoulos' box office hit "THE BACHELOR". He has also directed "Beauty Cats" for Star Channel (1997) and "Shaker", a cultural show for Greek State Television NET (1997-8) Publications include ROBERT ALTMAN, published by Capricorn, Athens, 1987 and WIM WENDERS, published by Capricorn, Athens, 1988

Filmography:

1987 STAY HUNGRY, 16mm, 12'
1991 ARTIFICIAL HEART, 16mm, 52'
1994 WAR CORRESPONDENT, video, 25', documentary shot in Bosnia
1997 DOG EAT DOG, 16mm, 22'
1997 SHOOTING THE BACHELOR, video, 23', documentary
2001 GHOST OF A CHANCE 35mm, colour, 100'