Comedy
Pandelis is a garbageman who is anxiously waiting to retire and receive his well-earned superannuation payout. His wife and mother-in-law are also awaiting the super payout, but they have different ideas as to how the money should be spent. The usually submissive and calm Pandelis suddenly decides to react... Philippides does a sterling job as the long-suffering Pandelis and his vicissitudes leave one with a warm feeling. Unlikely though the scenario may seem, one wishes it to be true, thus giving hope for the many Pandelides out there who find themselves contemplating life in their middle years with regret and disappointment.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Wedding like... Greek
Carry On Henry
Short Time
Too Many Highballs
Schultze Gets the Blues
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
King Solomon's Mines
The Go-Getter
Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers!
A Girl Cut in Two
Carry On Screaming!
Nobody's Fool
The Gendarme Takes Off
The Gods Must Be Crazy II
I Love My Wife
I Love My Wife BUT!
La Chèvre
1001 Nights
Bandhukkal Sathrukkal
SIMILAR MOVIES
Wedding like... Greek
IMDB 5.4 | Dec , 1964
Mina is dreaming of becoming a painter and Petros works in a company. They meet and fall in love during the carnival, but later lose contact. They meet again without recognizing each other and eventually get married. However they have no idea how hard marriage is.Carry On Henry
IMDB 6.1 | Jun , 1971
Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately for Henry, she is always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get rid of her in his usual manner, Henry has to find some way of doing it without provoking war with Marie's cousin, the King of France. Perhaps if she had an affair...Short Time
IMDB 6.4 | May , 1990
As a result of a misdiagnosis, Detective Burt Simpson is told he has just weeks to live. He gains a new respect for his life and loved ones but learns that in order for his wife, Carolyn, and son, Dougie, to collect any insurance money, he must be killed in the line of duty. He then becomes the most reckless man on the police force, volunteering for dangerous assignments over the objections of his by-the-book partner.Too Many Highballs
IMDB 6 | Feb , 1933
Harold Hobbs doesn't much like that his lazy, sponging and unemployed brother-in-law Claude and his mother-in-law live with him and his wife, Hortense, especially as the in-laws seem to rule the roost ever since they moved in. To get his in-laws out of the house, Harold has regularly left a bottle of booze for Claude to be able to entertain prospective employers. When Harold learns that on all the other occasions the employers have not showed (he assumes there probably were no prospective employers) leaving Claude to consume the booze on his own, he decides to show Claude a lesson by spiking the bottle with castor oil. Complications ensue when Joe, Harold's friend, encourages him to skip work to attend the prize fight. What Joe doesn't tell Harold is that he tells his boss that Harold needs the day off to attend to the sudden death of his brother-in-law.Schultze Gets the Blues
IMDB 6.5 | Sep , 2003
Schultze is an accordion player and newly without work. When the local music club celebrates its 50th anniversary, his taste of music changes unexpectedly.A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
IMDB 6.5 | Jul , 1982
A nutty inventor, his frustrated wife, a philosopher cousin, his much younger fiancée, a randy doctor, and a free-thinking nurse spend a summer weekend in and around a stunning - and possibly magical - country house.My Big Fat Greek Wedding
IMDB 6.5 | Apr , 2002
A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.King Solomon's Mines
IMDB 5.4 | Nov , 1985
Ever in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who has been abducted for his knowledge of the legendary mines of King Solomon. As the kidnappers, led by sinister German military officer Bockner, journey into the wilds of Africa, Allan and Jesse track the party and must contend with fierce natives and dangerous creatures, among other perils.The Go-Getter
IMDB 6.2 | Jan , 2007
When his mother dies, a teenager takes a road-trip in a stolen car to find his long-lost brother. Along the way he discovers a profound connection with the car-owner and with himself as well.Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers!
IMDB 5 | May , 1968
The owner of a topless Sunset Strip go-go bar is unaware of his wife's affair with the hunky bartender and his girlfriend's plan to rob the club.A Girl Cut in Two
IMDB 5.9 | Aug , 2007
A TV weather girl is torn between an older man, a famous married author whom she loves but who won't leave his wife, and a semi-deranged young heir to an industrial fortune who loves her.Carry On Screaming!
IMDB 6.5 | May , 1966
The sinister Dr. Watt has an evil scheme going—he's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortunately for him, Detective Sergeant Bung is on the case, and he doesn't have a clue!Nobody's Fool
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1994
A rascally nearing-retirement man juggles a workers' compensation suit while secretly working for his nemesis and flirting with his nemesis' young wife. As his estranged son returns, he faces new family responsibilities, while a banker plots to evict him from his home.The Gendarme Takes Off
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 1970
The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death. He fights with the butler, because he isn't even allowed to do the simple works. But when one of the clique suffers from amnesia after an accident, all of the others reunite and kidnap him, to take him on a tour to their old working places and through their memories. In their old uniforms they turn St. Tropez upside down.The Gods Must Be Crazy II
IMDB 7.1 | Jul , 1989
Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck, unable to get off, and Xixo sets out to rescue them. Along the way, he encounters a couple of soldiers trying to capture each other and a pilot and passenger of a small plane, who are each having a few problems of their own.I Love My Wife
IMDB 2 | Dec , 1970
Young surgeon becomes bored with his wife and family, he has a very successful career, but even with having so much in life, he feels empty and goes through a series of brief and meaningless relations with attractive women.I Love My Wife BUT!
IMDB 7.5 | Apr , 1947
In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a husband endures the trials of being married to a wife with irritating traits.La Chèvre
IMDB 7.1 | Dec , 1981
When the boss' unlucky daughter is missing in South America, Campana is sent to watch the boss' most unlucky employee who is sent as a private detective in hopes he can duplicate the daughter's mistakes.1001 Nights
IMDB 5.1 | Apr , 1990
Sheherazade has been married to a ruler who wants many wives, but only one at a time. Consequently, as soon as he has bedded them, he has them put to death. In most retellings, the girl staves off this unfortunate conclusion by putting off the connubial event for a thousand and one nights, telling irresistible stories instead. In this one, she gets hold of a magic lamp.Bandhukkal Sathrukkal
IMDB 6.7 | Jan , 1993
The animosity between two brothers extends to their wives and their children. The younger generation ends up paying the price.