Hristos Valavanidis

Hristos Valavanidis

Born: May 21, 1944

Movies for Hristos Valavanidis...

Beatitudes
Title: Beatitudes
Released: November 2, 2012
Type: Movie
A retiring man in rioting Athens faces ghosts and memories from the past to make choices about the present.
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Eleni
Title: Eleni
Released: September 20, 2011
Type: Movie
When Helen is bored, horrible things happen around her.
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Directing Hell
Title: Directing Hell
Released: May 27, 2011
Type: Movie
A Documentary about Nikos Nikolaidis' work. Nikos Nikolaidis was an acclaimed film director and author from Greece. He is famous for creating controversial characters in his films that have a rebellious attitude towards the social and political status quo. He illustrates a dark and pessimistic present and future, but also providing ambiguous hope for the end when his heroes find their escape in death. His films are shocking and contentious, raising questions during times when political visions start to fade away. His filming was poetic, dynamic and aesthetically beautiful in order to present situations on edge and elicit his audience's feelings. The aim of this project is to transfer his dynamics in a documentary that will convey some of his messages and create a platform for exchanging opinions among filmmakers from all over the world, in an effort to decipher his universe and his symbols as reflections of his unique and rare personality.
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Extended Play
Title: Extended Play
Character: Mihalakis
Released: October 19, 2006
Type: Movie
Poor Tasos and was so young! But also very jealous. A defect that ultimately cost him his own life as during his last jealousy crisis for of his beautiful girlfriend Alice, he will fall victim of a traffic accident. Archangels will sympathize with him, granting him another five invisible, on land, minutes, where he will have the opportunity to touch his favorite - and not - persons and to intervene in their lives.
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Opa!
Title: Opa!
Character: Mayor
Released: November 13, 2005
Type: Movie
A modern day treasure hunt for a mystical relic that turns into a love story for all time.
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Καρδιακός Φίλος
Title: Καρδιακός Φίλος
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
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Crying... Silicon Tears
Title: Crying... Silicon Tears
Character: Heinrich Von Snitchell
Released: October 26, 2001
Type: Movie
This is the story of two Greek families, named Delafrangas and Bisbikides. The former family is very wealthy & lucky, the latter very poor and continually struck by fate. Poor but honest Martha is in love with Giakoumis, a young builder and bouzouki organist, but all her dreams fall apart when posh Tzela "steals" the love of her beloved one... A couple of flash backs, following their families roots back to WW2 and the Turkish domination, and a hidden secret will unfold the story's ending..
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The Very Poor, Inc.
Title: The Very Poor, Inc.
Character: Nondas Papadopoulos
Released: November 17, 2000
Type: Movie
Odysseus is a model employee in Haramis Inc, a large company with an unscrupulous boss, Mr Haramis. When an oil spill puts the boss in a difficult situation, Odysseus gets the blame and he is sent to jail unfairly. In jail, he meets a junkyard dealer and an out-of-work mathematician with a fixation on the chaos theory. The three meet again once out of jail and decide to start a rubbish recycling company, which unfortunately, soon becomes successful enough to challenge the profits of Haramis Inc. Odysseus and his former boss cross swords again and end up in court - The moot point, who owns rubbish?
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Title: Οι Άντρες Δεν Υπάρχουν Πια
Character: Αβράμογλου
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Ελλάς μπορείς, μπορείς να προκριθείς
Character: Nikolaou
Released: November 18, 1991
Type: TV
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Title: Οι Αυθαίρετοι
Character: Κώστας Χατζηγιώργης
Released: November 22, 1989
Type: TV
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O agapitikos tis Dimitroulas
Title: O agapitikos tis Dimitroulas
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
The show that broke the box office at the "Vembo" theater. A stage comedy of thieves and sinners.
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The Photograph
Title: The Photograph
Character: Antonis Doukas
Released: October 27, 1987
Type: Movie
A young Greek man goes to Paris seeking help from a solitary and almost misanthropic distant relative who works as a furrier. With him, he takes nothing from his homeland but a photograph of a woman that he finds on the pavement. A misunderstanding regarding the photograph sets off a series of dramatic misunderstandings which trap him in a vicious circle of lies and fantasies.
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Πατρίς, Ληστεία, Οικογένεια
Title: Πατρίς, Ληστεία, Οικογένεια
Character: Hristos
Released: October 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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Παπα-Turbo: Μας πήραν και τα...ράσα!
Title: Παπα-Turbo: Μας πήραν και τα...ράσα!
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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Made in Greece
Title: Made in Greece
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Giannis Giannakis, released from psychiatric hospital after many years, decides to return home to his parents. On his way back he slowly discovers that the outside world is crazier than he thought - and starts to question whether he'd be better off back in the psychiatric ward.
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Τα ντερέκια
Title: Τα ντερέκια
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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Title: Madame Sousou
Released: May 4, 1986
Type: TV
A classic series that follows the exploits of Madame Sousou, a poor woman who is obsessed with the high society lifestyle. Even though she's poor, she behaves as if she's aristocracy. Her behaviour makes people laugh at her all the time, and embarrasses her husband who is a normal down-to-earth man. She is an aristocrat inside her heart and one day her dream and fantasy becomes true.
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I Loved a Pontian
Title: I Loved a Pontian
Character: Giorikas
Released: March 6, 1986
Type: Movie
The feelings of a young lady for a Pontian Greek, whom his fellow countrymen call "the disgrace of Pontus", is obvious to everyone. Kostikas, however, doesn't notice her feelings because his mind is elsewhere. He is trying to become the president of the football team of New Pontus, in order to take the place of Giorikas, who happens to be in love with the lady in question.
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Η Γυναικάρα Απ' Το Κιλκίς
Title: Η Γυναικάρα Απ' Το Κιλκίς
Character: Ahrand
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
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Ο Πιπίλας και ο Τορπίλας
Title: Ο Πιπίλας και ο Τορπίλας
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
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Ο νταβατζής με τα ριγέ σώβρακα
Title: Ο νταβατζής με τα ριγέ σώβρακα
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
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Loafing and Camouflage
Title: Loafing and Camouflage
Character: Maj D. Karavidis
Released: October 1, 1984
Type: Movie
The film is the story of a group of soldiers, who, in the course of their compulsory military service in 1967 and 1968, before and during the military dictatorship in Greece, are assigned to the then recently founded Armed Forces Television. This TV station, founded for the civilian population, was run by the Cinematographic Unit of the army which until then had only produced propaganda films and newsreels and was responsible for entertaining the troops and other charity organizations with movie screenings. The personnel was composed mostly of soldiers, who already had experience in the film business in their civilian lives, as well as those who received their training in the army. The story may be only 95% true, but that is simply because the true story is even more absurd...
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Bitter Movie
Title: Bitter Movie
Released: September 14, 1983
Type: Movie
An unconventional director gets through a critical time in his life. His best friend dies in a car accident and he ignores his girlfriend. The last straw is when he is told to make a movie about his life.
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Αλλού παπάς αλλού τα ράσα του
Title: Αλλού παπάς αλλού τα ράσα του
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
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Τα Καμάκια
Title: Τα Καμάκια
Character: Bebis
Released: July 15, 1981
Type: Movie
This comedy takes place during a hot summer at a Greek island. We meet Stathis and his company and we watch as they try to get the attention of all kinds of beautiful foreign girls.
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The Wretches Are Still Singing
Title: The Wretches Are Still Singing
Character: Hristos (as Chris Valavanidis)
Released: October 4, 1979
Type: Movie
Five friends (representatives of the Fifties generation) now in their forties, get together after many years of silence. One shows up from jail, where he has been entering and exiting for years, the other comes from a series of "accidental" murders, another leaves his wife and kids, the fourth one is a wonderer, and the last one, the girl of the gang, comes from a lunatic asylum where she has been hiding for years... All of them are outcasts, tortured from barren love affairs, wounded from the deaths of their beloved friends and betrayed by the politics of their times. They hopelessly try to reconstruct the gang of their puberty, but the revolution is lost... Now, each in his own way, will progress into a journey of death, thus opening a new chapter in the history of their generation.