''Sweet Bunch'' ( el, Γλυκιά Συμμορία, translit=Glykia Symmoria, italic=yes) is a 1983

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dramatic

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directed by

Nikos Nikolaidis Nikos Georgiou Nikolaidis ( el, Νίκος Γεωργίου Νικολαΐδης; 25 October 1939 – 5 September 2007) was a Greek film director, screenwriter, film producer, writer, theatre director, assistant director, record producer, televi ...

. The film, produced by Vergeti Brothers and the Greek Film Center, is the second part of the "Years of Cholera" trilogy beginning with ''

The Wretches Are Still Singing ''The Wretches Are Still Singing'' ( el, Τα Κουρέλια Τραγουδάνε Ακόμα..., translit=Ta Kourelia Tragoudane Akoma...) is a 1979 Greek dramatic experimental independent surrealist underground art film directed by Nikos Nikol ...

'' (1979) and ending with ''

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'' (2002) which deals with the last decades of the twentieth century. The original Greek title directly references the Greek title of the 1969

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film ''

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'' ( el, Άγρια Συμμορία, translit=Agria Symmoria, italic=yes). The film uses as background music the 1958 song "

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" written by Charlie Phillips and

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as well as the 1940 song "Sweet Mara" ( el, «Γλυκιά Μαράτα,» tr. "Glykia Marata") composed by Leo Rapitis to lyrics by Kostas Kofiniotis which was performed by Kakia Mendri. It was distributed by the Greek Film Center in

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and by Restless Wind abroad.

Plot

A group of four misfits, Argyris, Andreas, Marina, and Sofia, live together in a house. Andreas just got out of jail. All four have become disillusioned with life and have lost any reason to live or die. They try all criminal experiences with each member of the group choosing a different activity to experiment in: frequenting expensive restaurants and leaving without paying, shoplifting, starring in pornographic films, and creating an anti-state organization. The authorities put them under surveillance, waiting for the slightest false step from any of them before acting violently. The first such misstep occurs when Sofia kills the police chief who monitors their home.

Cast

*Despina Tomazani as Sofia *Dora Maskalvanou as Marina *Takis Moschos as Argyris *Takis Spiridakis as Andreas *Alkis Panagiotidis as Xanthos *Lenia Polycrati as Roza *Konstantinos Tzoumas as Konstantinos *Dinos Makris *Andreas Tsafos *

Haris Romas Charis Romas or Haris Romas (Greek: Χάρης Ρώμας) is a Greece, Greek actor, screenwriter, and lyricist. He was born on 23 March 1960 in Piraeus as Haralambos Rassias (Χαράλαμπος Ρασσιάς). He is most well known for co-wr ...

*Takis Loukatos *Alkmini Stavrou *Marianna Koutalou *Katerina Sigountou *Fay Tsanetopoulou *Natasa Kapsabeli *Isavella Mavraki *Natasha Assiki *Fotini Kotrotsi *Hristos Zygomalas *Panayotis Kaldis *Manos Tsilimidis *Giorgos Polyhroniadis *Panos Thanassoulis *Nikos Katomeris *Elias Kostandakopoulos *Nikos Stavropoulos *Giannis Kouriotis *Spiros Bibilas *Kostas Baladimas

Accolades

In October

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, at the

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, the film won the

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Film Critics Association Best Picture Award, executive producer, art director, set designer, and costume designer Marie-Louise Bartholomew won the Best Costume Designer Award, Andreas Andreadakis won the Best Editor Award, Marinos Athanasopoulos won the Best Sound Recordist Award, Aris Stavrou won the Best Cinematographer Award, and Takis Spiridakis won the Best Actor Special Mention Award. The

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voted this film in

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as the joint seventh greatest in

cinematic history.

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