My Best Friend Page #2

Synopsis: When Konstadinos misses a flight and returns home unexpectedly, he finds his wife in bed with his best friend. Shocked, he leaves the house without letting them know what he saw and begins wandering in the streets of Athens...
 
IMDB:
5.3
Year:
2001
104 min
976 Views


And second, I'll come

and unstick you.

- Ready?

- Yes.

Charge!

When I come,

what do I shout?

"Charge," I don't know,

or "I'm coming, I'm coming!"

Why shout it,

if I'm doing it?

They'll think

I'm an idiot.

Well, boys,

what's it gonna be?

- Where's the girl?

- I'm the girl.

You?

- Where are you going?

- Mom!

Get back! You're useless!

You've made a fool of me!

Your friend will ruin you!

Get back!

- Hello?

- Hello, who is it?

Is that you, Panayotis?

No, I'm not Panayotis.

I just wanted

to talk to someone.

I dialed this number

at random.

I just wanted to say

that I'm an idiot -

an accomplished idiot...

and that my best friend

is screwing my wife.

I just had to tell someone.

Get some sleep, dear. It's been

ten years. Forget the slut!

Hey pal, you a pilot?

If you're not,

can you do me a favor?

Can you give me

your phone number?

A**hole!

- Move it! I'll explain later.

- Where are we going?

Get back here!

I forgot my keys, but I won't

go back anyway.

- Will I go back?

- Got a light?

Just a minute!

- Do we know each other?

- A light!

Where are you going? Are you

married? D'you have a job?

- Did it light OK?

- It's fine.

I'm not well. Let's walk.

My nerves are on edge.

I'm shaking -

but I won't cry.

If I don't walk right now...

Can I lock the car?

Shall I drive you somewhere?

I can't sit still

right now!

- Venia.

- Constantine.

- We've made a deal, right?

- With...?

- The a**hole, who else!

- Calm down.

- I'm calm.

- Lf you say so.

I'll tell you the whole story.

Tell me if I'm unreasonable.

You're killing me! Go ahead,

take my f***ing stripes, too!

That's all you have to say?

Why're you pressuring me?

You're choking me!

I don't know which way to turn.

What did I do wrong?

I took care of all of you!

Even that bum your brother!

You think I'm made of money?

- Don't you come near me!

- I oughta belt you one!

You leaving?

You wanna leave?

Shut up!

Didn't I tell you,

not more than 6?

Didn't I? I did.

- 6,8, it's all the same.

- 8, 12, 20. Why not an army?

What army?

We said we were gonna

maintain certain standards.

Not more than 6.

Didn't we agree?

We agreed.

Where are you going?

I got my dignity -

my f***ing dignity.

You're not going

to walk all over it.

Didn't you know my problem

with the pilot?

You knew it,

but you brought him anyway.

I swear I didn't know.

Don't go! You're not gonna

blow this marriage.

- I'll blow it sky high!

- My love...

- A**hole!

- My love...

See, I have no problem

with group sex, but...

- Not more than 6.

- Yes, us and 4 others.

It doesn't matter whether

they're men or women...

As long as there are 4...

and no pilots.

I feel I'm suffocating

on planes.

When someone's doing it to you,

and says he's a pilot...

I just can't take it.

I lose it.

Like the plane door's closing

on me and I can't function.

- I shouldn't ask, you say...

- But you ask.

He's screwing you. Shouldn't

you know his line of work?

- It's...

- Just curiousity.

Pilot. It's like he's saying:

"Our relationship is over."

Tell me if I'm

being unreasonable.

I didn't say I'm a pilot.

I said I wanted to be one.

You believe all these years,

I've only been with my wife?

Let me see.

I believe you.

- What's your sign again?

- Leo.

- What did you say?

- Group sex is like Marxism.

All for one and one for all.

You meet different people,

scientists. You learn things.

I learnt the term "bioclimatic

home" during group sex.

- Is that so?

- Would you...

And what did you do

when you saw them?

I'll tell you.

First of all,

I'm afraid of heights.

Excuse me, sir.

You can have 'em.

It's me.

I jumped over to the next

balcony. I wanted to think.

What's there to think about?

They were f***ing.

See, you avoid that

with group sex.

You don't worry about

your friend,

because everyone

does it together.

Good point.

- What're you doing tomorrow?

- You scare me.

I'm supposed to be in Paris

for the next 2 days.

Great. Tomorrow you're

coming with me.

I'm not good with groups.

Forget it.

- No silly, don't you trust me?

- Frankly, no.

You'll come. Let's go to a

hotel and get some sleep.

My feet are killing me.

You'll pay the bill.

Okay, but let's

get my car.

Can you imitate

an elephant? I can.

I can't.

So the black guy undresses

and his "hose" pops out,

I'm spread out like this,

the Chinaman sees it and

is blown away.

It was endless,

like the Great Wall of China.

Have a nice stay.

I'm talkin' to you.

- Was that in New York City?

- Zuberi City last year. Great!

- I'm worn out.

- A real slut!

The a**hole will be

looking for me.

- Do you like your life?

- I hadn't thought about it.

Looks like you've put

everything on hold.

I love the a**hole.

We met at a demonstration.

They were leaving Iran, going

into Irak, I can't remember...

He was a cop and

I enjoyed being beaten up.

- In Iran?

- No, silly.

I felt so guilty. I was leftist

with a communist father.

- It takes a while to get over.

- You're telling me!

Where are we

going tomorrow?

All of Athens spread out

before us. I'm hungry.

- I'll get something.

- Forget it.

All dressed up

for the office move?

No, we're moving

offices on Saturday.

I've got an appointment...

it's business.

Big business...

Company insurance.

It's a transport company.

They move animals.

Animals. Well, that's

something new.

Why? There are all

kinds of companies.

This one moves an animal

from here to there.

Sure, they can't leave it

in the same place.

Are you hiding

something, Alekos?

I don't have a girlfriend.

I swear on the coffee...

I'm about to drink.

- Where are we going?

- Hope it's the right roof.

Are we gonna hang clothes?

- Wait!

- For what?

We can only understand

ourselves by speaking up...

Constantine,

this is Stella.

Meet the members of

the group therapy.

Christos, are you

still here?

I've left, got away, escaped...

Tonight I feel like Cuba with

my cigars, my convertibles...

But you know you can't live in

a country without souvlaki.

I'll tell you a

great joke...

Christ is playing tennis

with Naomi Campbell...

- Give me a break.

- Coming to my cousin's bar?

Tonight's an anniversary...

...of the first time

you jerked off?

- Such talk!

- Oops! I'm off.

Theoni, any e-mails from

the apostle Paul?

How are you,

Mr. Alekos?

When you got the truck

waiting outside...

and Belgium's expecting its

apricots at 8:
13 on the dot...

you can't have an affair

with the woman you met...

when you stopped

for a quick snack.

I like to take my time

with women.

Let's get back

to Harry...

My Mom didn't like any of

the 63 women I took home...

only Nina, who wanted

to marry me.

But Mom said a winter wedding

was unheard of.

"What mother would wear

a coat to her son's wedding?"

I want to get married,

but I can't.

You call that

an accident?

I've got 8 stitches

in my ear!

Because your wife hit you

over the head.

Insure me against

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Lakis Lazopoulos

Lakis Lazopoulos (Greek: Λάκης Λαζόπουλος) is a Greek playwright, actor and songwriter. He was ranked 83rd by the public in Skai TV's Great Greeks in 2009. In 2010, Forbes ranked Lazopoulos as the most powerful and influential celebrity in Greece.Lazopoulos was born in Larissa, Greece, where he received his primary and secondary school education. He then entered the School of Law at the University of Thrace and in 1984 received his Master’s degree from the University of Thessaloniki. However, he decided not to practise law but to pursue other vocations. In 1979, he wrote his first script for the revue Something's cooking in Gipsyland. SAY GOODBYE, IT’S ALL OVER NOW soon followed with great success. Lazopoulos joined the Free Theatre of Athens, where he performed WHY PEOPLE ARE HAPPY, followed by yet another successful revue, CHANGE AND CRAZE. The political situation at the time triggered the production of four revues of a more politico-satirical nature, written between the years 1982-86 by Lakis Lazopoulos and Giannis Xanthoulis: Haido’s Pasok’’ (1982), Pasok keeps harping on (1983), Blowing hot and cold on kastri (the PM’s residence), and Andrea’s taxing tolls (1985). In 1986 he starred in Lysistrata. The play toured Greece and was performed in all major open theatres, including the Theatre of Herod Atticus in Athens, to highly acclaimed success. That same year, he began writing on his own and staged I was Pasok and I grew old. In 1987, he wrote What the Japanese saw. For this latter he was sued by then-President of Greece, Christos Sartzetakis. After standing trial he is finally acquitted of all charges; while issue draws strong press coverage in Greece and overseas, including an article in TIME Magazine. In 1988 he stages and performs in Nicholai Gogol’s “Diary of a madman” without great commercial success. Nonetheless, he considers this performance a significant personal milestone in his career. In 1989 he stages “Greece after heart surgery” which breaks all records, while his following play “THERE WAS A SMALL SHIP” runs for two successive years and is a box office hit. 1n 1991 Lakis Lazopoulos stages “I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU” which, like all his plays thus far, he writes and performs in himself. In the summer of the same year he tours Greece with the performance “ALONE AT LAST”. This comprises a series of his most popular acts, and proves to be his most successful commercially since 1981. In fact its success was such, that another tour followed two years later, debuting in New York City. In 1992 he turns his attention to television, writing and interpreting fifteen character roles (both male and female), in the most successful TV series on Greek television to date, entitled Deka mikroi Mitsoi. The roles, portraying everyday characters satirizing contemporary social and political situations, draw great affinity with the public. Spurred by the series' success, the educational department of the University of Athens conducts a survey looking into reasons why Greeks everywhere, not only avidly watched the series, but also adopted expressions used by its characters. With its creator, Lakis Lazopoulos present, the findings were officially announced to academics, students and the press. Deka mikroi Mitsoi also takes part in the festival of Forte dei Marmi in Italy, receiving an Honorable Distinction. In 1993 he presents Prokofiev’s well-known tale of Peter and the Wolf at the Athens Opera House. He also plays the role of McKeith in Brecht’s “THREE PENNY OPERA” under the direction of Jules Dassin. In 1994 he played the male lead in a television film titled Girl with Suitcases directed by Nikos Nikolaidis. He follows this with a guest star appearance in the film “KAVAFIS”, directed by Giannis Smaragdis. In the summer of 1996 he writes the play “THE SUNDAY OF SHOES”, which goes on to be staged in Thessaloniki in the spring of 1997 and then Athens at the beginning of 1998. During that year, Walt Disney Productions assigns him the supervisory role of the animation film Hercules, for which he provides his own adaptation from English to Greek. He overseas the casting of actors and uses his own voice in dubbing the roles of Philoctetes/Phil and Panic in the film. In the summer of 1999 he plays the lead role in the film Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns directed by Australian director John Tatoulis. The film is a box office hit when released in Greece in January 2000. In 2001 he works on a film entitled My best friend, the script of which he writes, directs and stars as the lead. At the same time he also writes the theatrical play “TA LEME”, which maintains its position at the top of the box office well into 2002. In September 2002 he presents 12 theatrical monologues from the most important writers of 1700. more…

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