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OPENING NIGHT FILM
SIRENS IN THE AEGEAN/ Sirines sto Egeo

Director: Nikos Perakis

Cast: Yannis Tsimitselis, Yorgos Seitaridis, Ioannis Papazisis, Orfeas Avgoustidis, Socratis Patsikas, Stelios Ksanthoudakis, Vassilis Haralabopoulos, Renos Haralambidis, Vicky Kaya, Tugce Seitaridi, Arzu Yanardag, Muge Bakircioglou, Metin Belgin, Aris Bafaloukas and Apostolis Totsikas

This farcical tale revolves around the impounding of a Turkish yacht by Greek sailors after its captain attempts to put a group of illegal immigrants ashore on a small Greek island. Also on the yacht are two women and a camera crew bound for a beauty competition on the Turkish island of Bodrum. Tempers fray, passions flare and stereotypes and prejudices come to the fore as the two sides try to communicate. The outcome is the involvement of both countries in the incident resulting in several comic situations.

The film is a sequel to the director’s original movie Loafing & Camouflage released in 1984.

Screenplay: Nicos Perakis
Cinematography: Giorgos Argiroiliopoulos
Art Director: Olga Leodiathou
Costumes: Katerina Mouzoula
Music: Dimitris Kodopoulos
Sound Recording: Panos Papadimitriou
Produciton Manager: Yiorgos Papadatos
Producers: Costas Lambropoulos, Manos Krezias
Co-producers: CL Productions, ODEON, ERT, NOVA, Graal, Nikos Perakis
Colour: Dolby Digital


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