The Auntie from Chicago
1957 · 72 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 1,839 VOTES · DIR. Alekos Sakellarios
Overview
Charilaos (Orestis Makris), a retired officer with very strict and conservative principles, raises his four daughters with... military discipline, taking care of their culture, their appearance and their good behavior. Despite all his desire to marry them, he does not leave them anywhere alone, as a result of which no man approaches them. His wife, Efterpi (Eleni Zafiriou), as well as his friend and neighbor Xenophon (Pantelis Zervos), make remarkable efforts to convince him to change his tactics, but he insists on his very conservative behavior. But when the conversation reaches the well-to-do sister of Kalliopis (Georgia Vassiliadou) who has been living in Chicago, USA for years, everything turns upside down. She returns to Athens and undertakes to modernize the general's house, as well as help the four girls (and her nieces) to be rehabilitated.
Dialogue Timeline — 915 lines
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00:01:30 lt's excellent quality, sir! lt's real nylon!
00:03:21 - What's that? - What?
00:05:11 Likewise.
00:09:10 Are you talking to me, sir?
00:12:17 What are your thoughts?
00:14:00 l'll marry off girls and not melons!
00:18:13 - No. - What then?
00:20:05 - Õ es, general! - And you let her go there?
00:22:54 - An arranged marriage? - No, love.
00:24:50 When you were still a second lieutenant.
00:27:48 Chicago...
00:31:57 lt's just...l don't know, general...
00:35:06 ...and make fun of us!
00:37:17 - Çe's leaving! Speak up! - Õ es!
00:39:28 Very courageous to be pleased to meet us!
00:41:56 l returned to Greece five months ago.
00:45:48 Congratulations on your daughter's wedding, general!
00:48:15 - Does he seem a good guy? - Well...yes!
00:51:03 She almost hit Mr. Kandris who was crossing the street.
00:53:39 Remember to dust my black suit...
00:58:26 Excuse me, mister... Could you light me up, please?
01:01:17 As for Mr. Costas, l'd like to ask him to accompany us...
01:05:06 - Are you hurt, sir? - No, it was nothing!
01:07:05 lf you and your son were to pass under my balcony...