Liar Wanted
2010 · 90 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 741 VOTES · DIR. Ieroklis Michaelidis
Overview
This bitter political satire is based on a theatre play, later made to a movie, of which the current film is a remake.It's main focus is the clientelistic character of Greek politics which makes a well-meaning but naive Health minister to employ an ambitious young provincial with a talent for lying in order to handle the diverse demands of his volatile political clientèle.The provincial becomes the mastermind behind every move of the minister causing the envy of the minister's closest associates and of his good-looking wife, played by rising Greek media star Zeta Makrypoulia. Changes of fortune abound and finally the plot reveals that the lying provincial is not a bad person in heart although he never denounces lying as a survival strategy.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,126 lines
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00:00:13 Have you done your homework, Thodoros?
00:05:13 -You saw what's going on outside. -It's Cally, Mr. Fereki.
00:08:36 I've been coming here for a month and leaving my store without its guardian.
00:11:58 ...of medium Employment...
00:15:05 What was so funny? I just said we should do our job.
00:18:44 Shame on you! At your age!
00:22:19 Koula!
00:25:33 What's going on? What's this noise?
00:28:15 I'm here about the assistant's position. Recommended by Mr. Maratos.
00:31:11 - What? - What are you on about?
00:34:46 Tell me what you're after and if I can help...
00:38:55 Is that a good thing, Mr. Ferekis?
00:41:37 ...of Kolonaki and Kifissia.
00:44:51 If you live on rent in the city centre, people identify with you...
00:48:11 Poor Charilaos passed away. He didn't live to enjoy his transfer.
00:52:14 - Really? - Of course!
00:55:59 - You surprise me. - Yes, you're right...
00:59:53 You will examine me of course.
01:03:30 No, they had underestimated us.
01:06:39 You go on about transparency but you covered for that hospital manager...
01:10:07 Then you know I'd never lie to you, only to others. I'm the victim here!
01:13:52 What truth?
01:19:16 - He went for a drink with Agis. - Good...
01:23:39 No!