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Vangelis Mourikis, Marilita Lambropoulou, Minas Hatzisavvas, Babis Yotopoulos, Vivi Kokka ... see more see more... , Tasos Mousias , Evangelia Andreadaki , Konstantinos Kalokerinos , Anna Vagena , Dimitra Hatoupi

Nikos Grammatikos' drama O Vasilias (The King) is about a bad man trying to turn his life around. Vangelis (Vangelis Mourikis) gets out of prison, has a brief reunion with his girlfriend Maria (Marili... read more read more...ta Lambropoulou), and declares to his former partners that he is done with crime. He sets out for a small village to live in his grandfather's house. Once he arrives, the town is suspicious of the stranger. Eventually police officer Petros (Minas Hatzisavvas) befriends the man. As his fortunes start to improve, Maria and his old cronies arrive and bring about Vangelis' naturally self-destructive tendencies. The King was screened at the In Thessaloniki Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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Unrated, 2 hr. 17 min.

Directed by: Nikos Grammatikos

Release Date: November 10, 2002

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  • jimbotender
    April 24, 2010
    jimbotender
    Exceptional,empowering by the minute,the outcome?Don't trust simple-minded folks.
    This is one of the best Greek films made in the 21st century,where financial corruption leads to (no more or less) a string of deadly results.Mourikis is captivating.

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