Guiness

GUINNESS
(ΓΚΙΝΕΣ)
Dir. Alexis Kardaras
Greek language with English subtitles
Greece/2009/94mins/35mm
Written by Alexis Kardaras & Nicos Panayotopoulos
Produced by Konstantinos Moriatis
With the tagline ‘the most unfortunate comedy of the year’, Guinness takes an offbeat approach at illustrating how fickle luck can be – one moment you have it, the next moment it’s gone.
Threatened by his debtors, rocked by a broken heart and driven by greed, a charming gambler arrives at a middle-of-nowhere tavern in search of a case of gold. Instead, he attracts the attentions of the grumpy tavern owner’s unhappy wife, whose affection complicates his plan and perpetuates his spell of misfortune. Guinness was the closing night feature of this year’s Los Angeles Greek Film Festival where it also won the award for Best Dramatic Feature.
Cast: Giorgos Pyrpasopoulos, Markella Giannatou, Stelios Mainas, Dimitris Alexandris, Andonis Kafetzopoulos, Akis Sakellariou, Costas Coronaios
Melbourne
Palace Cinema Como
Coner Chapel and Toorak Road, South Yarra
Thursday 3 September, 7.00pm
Saturday 12 September, 5.00pm
Sydney
Palace Norton Street Cinemas
99 Norton Street, Leichhardt
Wednesday 16 September, 9.15pm
Adelaide
Palace Nova, Eastend Cinemas
Rundle Street
Monday 5 October, 3.00pm