My Best Friend (2001 film)
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Lakis Lazopoulos
Antonis Kafetzopoulos
| My Best Friend | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Yorgos Lanthimos Lakis Lazopoulos |
| Written by | Lakis Lazopoulos |
| Starring | Lakis Lazopoulos Antonis Kafetzopoulos |
| Edited by | Yorgos Mavropsaridis |
| Music by | Nikko Patrelakis |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | Greece |
| Language | Greek |
My Best Friend (Greek: Ο καλύτερός μου φίλος, romanized: O kalyteros mou filos) is a 2001 Greek comedy film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and Lakis Lazopoulos. It is Lanthimos' feature directorial debut.
Two friends since childhood have spent their lives tormenting each other. When one discovers the other is sleeping with his wife their marriages and friendship collapse into a mayhem of sex and lies.
Cast
- Lakis Lazopoulos – Konstantinos
- Antonis Kafetzopoulos – Alekos
- Vera Krouska – Dafni
- Smaragda Karydi – Andrea
Reception
Robert Koehler of Variety described the film's results as "unbalanced at best..." writing that the film's "frenetic energy and push beyond the boundaries of realism recalls a younger Terry Gilliam, but the ribald, joyously lusty sexuality is Lazopoulos’ own, and he uses it as a comic engine for useful if predictable irony in the final reel."[1]
