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The Harefoot

1964

A light, talky Greek comedy of mistaken suspicion, playing fear of an unseen killer for gentle laughs rather than thrills.

Directed by
Odysseas Kosteletos
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Nikos Stavridis, Giannis Gionakis, Popi Lazou
Overview
Petros Pelekis is shaken when he receives a letter from America informing him that the feud between his family and the Patakas family continues, and that the last Patakas is coming to Greece to kill him. Petros lives in constant fear that anyone he knows could be his would-be killer. To protect himself, he hires Kostas, his neighbor's wife's lover.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Odysseas Kosteletos
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Nikos Stavridis, Giannis Gionakis, Popi Lazou
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • deception
    • family
    • fate
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour6
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness3
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Odysseas Kosteletos
    Written by
    Giorgos Paizis
    Starring
    Nikos Stavridis, Giannis Gionakis, Popi Lazou, Voula Avramidou, Nikos Papanastasiou, Vasilis Avlonitis, Nikos Fermas, Tasos Giannopoulos
    Country
    Greece
    Languages
    Greek

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