A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
October 1, 1978
Original Title:
Οι Τεμπέληδες της Εύφορης Κοιλάδας
Alternate Titles:
Les Fainéants de la vallée fertile
Oi tembelides tis eforis koiladas
The Idlers of the Fertile Valley
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Alix Film Productions
Production Countries:
Greece
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 118
In this black comedy, the men in a lovely mansion slowly give in to a kind of terminal sloth after they are freed from the need to actually work. The father takes to his bed after his hernia acts up and never leaves it. Of his three sons, only one wants to do much about leaving, and he does in fact cross the front threshold of the house with his lover, who is also the maid. However, before he has gotten very far, he is very tired, and goes to sleep where he stands. One of the sons outdoes them all by sleeping literally all the time. He is not in a coma -- he is just very, very lazy and tired. Some critics have viewed this film as a sharply delineated social satire.
Art Direction:
Dionysis Fotopoulos
Assistant Camera:
Nikos Paizanos
Assistant Director:
Manousos Manousakis
Pavlos Mihail
Mary Koutsouri
Boom Operator:
Stavros Partheniadis
Andreas Ahladis
Colorist:
Giorgos Stamou
Director:
Nikos Panayotopoulos
Director of Photography:
Andreas Bellis
Editor:
Giorgos Triandafyllou
Electrician:
Sokratis Savvas
Antonis Hristidis
Machinist:
Panagiotis Nikitopoulos
Makeup Artist:
Fani Alexaki
Music:
Gustav Mahler
Novel:
Albert Cossery
Production Director:
Marianna Spanoudakis
Screenplay:
Nikos Panayotopoulos
Script:
Eleni Alexandrakis
Sound Mixer:
Thanasis Arvanitis
Sound Recordist:
Nikos Ahladis
Still Photographer:
Notis Adam
Title Designer:
Mihalis Manioudakis
Vittorio Pietra
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