Nikos Panayotopoulos

A 35-year old man, just released from jail, decides to make a clean break from the big city and his troubled past. He retreats to the abandoned village his father came from and moves into an old, collapsing house. Alone, far from the bigger village and doing petty jobs to survive, he will strive to find himself once more... (imdb)

Young man arrives in Athens to seek his fortune. Vainly. (imdb)

A classic film noir set in present-day Athens. Theophilos Palios, the head of a small publishing company, falls madly in love with Sia who does the vocals in the show of a well-known female singer and is supported by old admirers. In the person of Theophilos Sia finds true love but still keeps accepting offers from her many admirers and Theophilos becomes mad with jealousy...

A wealthy bourgeois and his three sons retire to a country mansion where they spend their days in absolute sloth, with their young and beautiful maid doing everything for them. They give themselves to the pleasure of sleep and laziness permeates their world, to the point they seem dead-alive. Instead, the woman is the only one representing positive values, will and action.The gradual but steady decline reaches decomposition and complete destruction, and even biological needs are beginning to...

Stella is a beautiful young woman who dreams of becoming a singer some day. She is in a relationship with Andreas, a more down to earth person, who has a milk shop, and does not approve of her dream and ambitions. When she leaves Athens for somewhere in Northern Greece, where she has a job offer as a singer, Andreas sets off, too, after her, trying to find her and convince her to come back to him.

A successful model abandons the world of fashion to marry her beloved. A little before the wedding, their relationship goes through a serious crisis, when they meet a wealthy and enigmatic man. (imdb)

A corrupt cop tries to flee the country after accidentally shooting his wife. His last resort for help: his estranged frocked brother. Together, they spend a whirlwind of a night, while the cop burns all his bridges with the underworld: prostitution, human trafficking, drug dealing. The priest tries to convince him to surrender and accept responsibility for his actions, while the cop tries to unload his family responsibilities to his brother. (imdb)

In Nikos Panayotopoulos' upbeat musical, a philandering art history teacher divides most of his time between steamy student Lia and smoldering mistress Camille. Diagnosed with terminal leukemia, Andreas determines to come clean to his devoted spouse. Though aware of Camille, Anna reacts with shock to hearing about the much younger Lia. The three women decide to put aside their differences ensure that Andreas' final weeks alive are filled with not bitter resentment, but love. (rottentomatoes.com)

During the shooting of a film, a strange man enters the set holding an umbrella. He walks into the sea and disappears. The people from the film crew claim that this is a publicity stunt, but the musician for the film, who tries to investigate the incident, ponders the significance of this action, and when he tries to do the same thing, he disappears as well. (imdb)

The story follows the sporadic reunions of six friends during the seven year period of their integration into society. The reunions take place on their ancestral island, the setting of their common past. Every time they return "home" they carry with them the results of their personal choices. They also carry with them the effects of modern Greek society, a society the slowly but surely changes them, until gradually they lose contact with each other. (imdb)