Giorgos Panousopoulos

Giorgos Panousopoulos (Greek: Γιώργος Πανουσόπουλος) is a Greek cinematographer, film director and screenwriter. He worked on 37 films between 1964 and 2004. His 1985 film Mania was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1988 film Love Me Not? was entered into the 46th Venice International Film Festival.

Mania (1985)

It is on Ascension Day that Zoe, a brilliant computer analyst, visits the National Park in the center of Athens with her daughter, Katerina. That afternoon in the park, Zoe experiences an overwhelming array of instinctive compulsions and transforms into an ancient ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgos Panousopoulos
CAST:  Alessandra Vanzi  •  Aris Retsos  •  Antonis Theodorakopoulos  •  Stavros Xenidis

It is on Ascension Day that Zoe, a brilliant computer analyst, visits the National Park in the center of Athens with her daughter, Katerina. That afternoon in the park, Zoe experiences an overwhelming array of instinctive compulsions and transforms into an ancient ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgos Panousopoulos
CAST:  Alessandra Vanzi  •  Aris Retsos  •  Antonis Theodorakopoulos  •  Stavros Xenidis

Love Knot (1995)

Olga is a young pharmacist whο lives in the country in Chania, Crete in a confine and claustrophobic environment. Married and the mother of a child she will one day fir herself face to face with her childhood sweetheart, Lefteris who has returned to his place of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgos Panousopoulos
CAST:  Karyofyllia Karabeti  •  Alekos Sissovitis  •  Valeria Christodoulidou  •  Antonis Antoniou

Olga is a young pharmacist whο lives in the country in Chania, Crete in a confine and claustrophobic environment. Married and the mother of a child she will one day fir herself face to face with her childhood sweetheart, Lefteris who has returned to his place of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgos Panousopoulos
CAST:  Karyofyllia Karabeti  •  Alekos Sissovitis  •  Valeria Christodoulidou  •  Antonis Antoniou

Love Me Not? (1989)

Spying a lissome young woman standing topless on a nearby balcony, Giorgos (Andreas Barcoulis) climbs up onto a nearby rooftop to get a better look. At a critical moment in his climb, his family and friends call out to him and he falls, suffering a terrible blow to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgos Panousopoulos
CAST:  Andreas Barkoulis  •  Betty Livanou  •  Myrto Parashi  •  Antonis Theodorakopoulos

Spying a lissome young woman standing topless on a nearby balcony, Giorgos (Andreas Barcoulis) climbs up onto a nearby rooftop to get a better look. At a critical moment in his climb, his family and friends call out to him and he falls, suffering a terrible blow to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgos Panousopoulos
CAST:  Andreas Barkoulis  •  Betty Livanou  •  Myrto Parashi  •  Antonis Theodorakopoulos

A Foolish Love (1981)

The story of a young man who every day watches the inhabitants of the apartment across the street. They have a very beautiful daughter, but after a few days he finds himself in love with the mother...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgos Panousopoulos
CAST:  Aris Retsos  •  Betty Livanou  •  Dora Volanaki  •  Dimitris Poulikakos

The story of a young man who every day watches the inhabitants of the apartment across the street. They have a very beautiful daughter, but after a few days he finds himself in love with the mother...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgos Panousopoulos
CAST:  Aris Retsos  •  Betty Livanou  •  Dora Volanaki  •  Dimitris Poulikakos

Athens Blues (2001)

A group of men in their sixties that spend the August nights in Athens outside a pharmacy during night shift, an ambulance driver who has an affair with a younger girl, a middle-aged couple who have invented a lie to renew their passion for one another, a child ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgos Panousopoulos
CAST:  Marilita Lambropoulou  •  Nikos Arvanitis  •  Betty Livanou  •  Christos Mytis

A group of men in their sixties that spend the August nights in Athens outside a pharmacy during night shift, an ambulance driver who has an affair with a younger girl, a middle-aged couple who have invented a lie to renew their passion for one another, a child ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgos Panousopoulos
CAST:  Marilita Lambropoulou  •  Nikos Arvanitis  •  Betty Livanou  •  Christos Mytis

John the Violent (1973)

At midnight, on a deserted Athenian street, a beautiful woman named Eleni Chalkia is fatally stabbed by a stranger, who immediately disappears into the shadows. The murderer is Ioannis Zachos (Manos Logiadis), a young man lacking in both mental and sexual stability ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tonia Marketaki
CAST:  Manolis Logiadis  •  Mika Flora  •  Vangelis Kazan  •  Nikitas Tsakiroglou

At midnight, on a deserted Athenian street, a beautiful woman named Eleni Chalkia is fatally stabbed by a stranger, who immediately disappears into the shadows. The murderer is Ioannis Zachos (Manos Logiadis), a young man lacking in both mental and sexual stability ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tonia Marketaki
CAST:  Manolis Logiadis  •  Mika Flora  •  Vangelis Kazan  •  Nikitas Tsakiroglou

Directing Hell (2011)

A Documentary about Nikos Nikolaidis' work. Nikos Nikolaidis was an acclaimed film director and author from Greece. He is famous for creating controversial characters in his films that have a rebellious attitude towards the social and political status quo. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christos Houliaras
CAST:  Yiannis Angelakas  •  Valeria Christodoulidou  •  Yannis Economides  •  Vicky Harris

A Documentary about Nikos Nikolaidis' work. Nikos Nikolaidis was an acclaimed film director and author from Greece. He is famous for creating controversial characters in his films that have a rebellious attitude towards the social and political status quo. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christos Houliaras
CAST:  Yiannis Angelakas  •  Valeria Christodoulidou  •  Yannis Economides  •  Vicky Harris

In This Land Nobody Knew How to Cry (2018)

In the summer of 2021, a research group scouting for viable sites for development arrives at Armenaki Island, where people live with their own laws and their own moral values, having found happiness in a completely different way of life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgos Panousopoulos
CAST:  Margarita Panousopoulou  •  Babis Hatzidakis  •  Foteini Tsakiri  •  Serge Requet-Barville

In the summer of 2021, a research group scouting for viable sites for development arrives at Armenaki Island, where people live with their own laws and their own moral values, having found happiness in a completely different way of life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgos Panousopoulos
CAST:  Margarita Panousopoulou  •  Babis Hatzidakis  •  Foteini Tsakiri  •  Serge Requet-Barville

Testosterone (2005)

Peter, the hero, aged 20, finds himself on a deserted Greek island with no other men in sight. The women of the island, regardless of age harass him sexually. What starts off as a typical male sexual fantasy turns out into a nightmare  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgos Panousopoulos
CAST:  Dimitris Liakopoulos  •  Natalia Dragoumi  •  Dimitra Matsouka  •  Ketty Papanika

Peter, the hero, aged 20, finds himself on a deserted Greek island with no other men in sight. The women of the island, regardless of age harass him sexually. What starts off as a typical male sexual fantasy turns out into a nightmare  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgos Panousopoulos
CAST:  Dimitris Liakopoulos  •  Natalia Dragoumi  •  Dimitra Matsouka  •  Ketty Papanika

Honeymoon (1979)

Taxidi Tou Melitos is about the fear that most elderly people experience: approaching death. Leon (Stavros Xenides) and Zaharoula (Betty Livanou) are heading out for their annual vacation at a summer resort. Instead of their usual carefree anticipation, their mood ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgos Panousopoulos
CAST:  Stavros Xenidis  •  Aleka Paizi  •  Dora Volanaki  •  Giorgos Nezos

Taxidi Tou Melitos is about the fear that most elderly people experience: approaching death. Leon (Stavros Xenides) and Zaharoula (Betty Livanou) are heading out for their annual vacation at a summer resort. Instead of their usual carefree anticipation, their mood ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgos Panousopoulos
CAST:  Stavros Xenidis  •  Aleka Paizi  •  Dora Volanaki  •  Giorgos Nezos