Just Broke Up
| Just Broke Up | |
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| Directed by | Vasilis Myrianthopoulos |
| Starring | Zeta Makrypoulia Yannis Tsimitselis |
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| Country | Greece |
| Language | Greek |
Just Broke Up (Greek: Μόλις Χώρισα/Molis horisa) is a 2008 Greek comedy film directed by Vassilis Myrianthopoulos,[1] starring Zeta Makripoulia and Giannis Tsimitselis. The film was one of the highest grossing Greek films of 2008.
Plot
The theme of the film is the break-up of a couple, namely Ilektra (Zeta Makripoulia) and Petros (Giannis Tsimitselis) on the former's birthday in modern-day Athens in Greece. The break-up occurs by Petros leaving a message on Ilektra's answering machine asking her to break up with him. The message is overheard by Ilektra's friends who are currently in her apartment preparing a surprise birthday party for her. They decide to hide the truth from her until after the party. What follows is a series of misunderstandings between Ilektra and her friends: Mary, Dimitris (Mary's boyfriend), Lou, Mitsos and her mother. The situation is further perplexed by Vittor, a Spaniard and Lou's chance acquaintance, an uninvited tapperwoman, Titika Karlatira, and a pizza-boy.
Cast
- Zeta Makripoulia
- Giannis Tsimitselis
- Elisavet Konstadinidou
- Maria Lekaki
- Giorgos Karamixos
- Anna Monogiou
- Iosif Poloyidis
- Sissi Christidou
- Maria Bakodimou
- Kimon Fioretos
- Tommy Slavos
References
- ^ Kaklamanidou, Betty (24 April 2018). Easy A: The End of the High-School Teen Comedy?. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-24751-1.
I would argue that several Greek romantic comedies of the 2010s The Kiss of Life (To Fili tis... Zois, Nikos Zapatinas, 2007), Just Broke Up (Molis Horisa, Vasilis Myrianthopoulos, 2008) and S.E.X. (Soula Ela Xana, Vasilis Myrianthopoulos, 2009) are hybrids, as they have adopted the American conventions of the genre that presented a cycle focused on marriage and wedding ceremonies in the same period in Greece.