An Italian from Kipseli

Original title: Mia Italida ap' tin Kypseli

1968
1h 51m

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Maro Kodou in An Italian from Kipseli (1968)

Against his rich sister's will, a sibling in love marries an alluring Grecian woman, risking exclusion from the inheritance. Only a brilliantly devious plan can help; but who can trick an en... Read allAgainst his rich sister's will, a sibling in love marries an alluring Grecian woman, risking exclusion from the inheritance. Only a brilliantly devious plan can help; but who can trick an entire family into believing Romans do it better?Against his rich sister's will, a sibling in love marries an alluring Grecian woman, risking exclusion from the inheritance. Only a brilliantly devious plan can help; but who can trick an entire family into believing Romans do it better?

Director
- Dinos Dimopoulos
Writers
- Dinos Dimopoulos
- Nikos Tsiforos
Stars

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6.4/10

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Director
- Dinos Dimopoulos
Writers
- Dinos Dimopoulos
- Nikos Tsiforos
Stars

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Trivia
The movie was screened between 1968-1969 and sold 396,882 tickets. It came 11th in 108 movies.

Connections
Referenced in I oraia tou kourea (1969)

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8/10

A refreshing comedy, which pokes fun at Greek "xenophilia"

The topic which is tackled by this film is the Greek "xenophilia" (the opposite to xenophobia!). This is the tenet that anything foreign is better than the local, Greek product, person, manners, culture, etc. This was rife in Greece in the 50s and 60s and the foreign "product" in this case is an "Italian" bride-to-be brought home to his xenophilic mother by a long suffering Greek son.

Maro Kodou, as good as ever in romantic comedy roles, shines forth as the Italian bride, perfect foil to the wry Alexandrakis as groom. Numerous comical episodes unfold and the film bubbles along coming to a riotous conclusion, perfectly exemplifying the old Greek proverb "A shoe from your own country is better, even if that shoe is mended!"