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To Be or Not To Be

1966 · 96 min

A breezy, wry Greek comedy of money and mishaps, where grim intentions are played for gentle laughs and the mood stays light.

Overview
After his business' bankrupcy, Giorgos Alexiou decides to commit suicide. Rosa, his cousin's wife who stand to benefit form his death, hires a private detective to keep an eye on him in case he changes his mind. Minas, Giorgos' employee, becomes Giorgos' guardian angel preventing the suicide at the last minute.

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • family
  • class
  • loyalty
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Orestis Laskos
Written by
Dinos Dimopoulos, Lazaros Montanaris
Starring
Labros Konstadaras, Dinos Iliopoulos, Lilian Miniati, Takis Miliadis, Rita Mousouri, Sotiris Moustakas, Antonis Papadopoulos, Babis Anthopoulos
Runtime
96 min
Country
Greece
Languages
Greek

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