He looks at urban life in Athens and at the troubles of rural communities through film adaptations from anthologies, theatrical productions and books. Pantelis Voulgaris’ filmography covers aspects of Greek history that include the exile of Communist prisoners, the fate of resistance fighters captured during the German Occupation and the world of mail-order brides twenty years earlier. “Little England” by Pantelis Voulgaris (2013)
In 2015, the movie had thousands of views on YouTube, and its best moments became memes that are still popular today.Ĥ. However, the philosophical and humorous dialogue referencing the rivalry between Athens and Thessaloniki, the clever comments on the political and athletic events of the ’90s and on the divisions within the country, the soundtrack of Greek “turbo-folk” music and the absurdly mundane world of the film’s protagonists were all appreciated by an audience of millennials years later. The plot might seem a little too simple, and indeed, when the movie came out, it was a box-office bomb. Two middle-aged men who have set off on a trip to the island of Thassos meet a woman who changes their lives. Categorized as a “summer Macedonian comedy,” it was the second part of the director’s “Women” trilogy that began with “Please, Women, Don’t Cry” and would later conclude with “Women Who Passed My Way.” The 1998 film takes place in the area around Volvi Lake and the Sithonia peninsula of Halkidiki. In 1998, the film director and screenwriter Stavros Tsiolis (1937-2019) made the film “Let the Women Wait” (“As Perimenoun oi Gynaikes”).
“Let the Women Wait” by Stavros Tsiolis (1998)