Olga Robards

  • June 10, 2022 / 15:00

Director:  Christos Vakalopoulos
Cast: Olia Lazaridou, Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Giorgos Symeonidis, Stavros Tsiolis, Kostas Tsakonas
Greece, 1989, DCP, 86’, color
Greek with Turkish & English subtitles

While Athens is in an uproar over a series of murders of prominent Arab businessmen, Dimitris, a young thief, accidentally discovers the identity of the killer, a strange Greek- American woman who was born in Athens and bears the name of Olga Robards. The young man decides that he must get to know this woman at all costs and seeks the aid of the so-called “the Scientist”, a recluse and fugitive from the law who is considered a real authority on crime. They will both meet the killer who turns out to be a charismatic woman on the brink of death.

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