Vangelis Goufas
Writing
Biography
Vangelis Goufas (Greek: Βαγγέλης Γκούφας, January 22, 1925 – November 1, 2016) was a Greek playwright, screenwriter and poet. He was born in Athens in January 1925. He studied law. He started working as a journalist and from a very early age he was involved in theater as a screenwriter. He also later worked in cinema, radio and television as well as with the advertising company "Gnomi". Vangelis Goufas had written many plays, film scripts, original radio sketches and parlaments, many adaptations for television and lyrics for many songs by well-known composers such as Hadjidakis, Theodorakis, Xarhakou, Kounadis, Plessas, etc., of which the most notable were "Dream Tied", "The Moon is Lost", "My Tears Are Hot", "The Cloud Brought Rain", etc. His first radio collaborations were in texts for the long-running radio series "My Little Bitter Love". Among his plays, the one-act plays stand out: “The Prison”, “The Return of the Benefactor”, “The Wrath”, “A Short Parenthesis”, as well as “A Door for 500 Drachmas”, “The Entrance and Exit of the World”, “Do Not Tread on the Grass” which he co-wrote with V. Andreopoulos. At the same time, he wrote many poetry collections. Vangelis Goufas was the founder of the theatrical formation “Twelve Curtains” and a founding member of the Greek Screenwriters’ Union. He was also a member of the Greek Playwrights’ Union and the Greek Center of the International Theatre Institute. In 2006, the Greek Screenwriters’ Union honored him particularly for his overall rich artistic contribution. He also spoke French and was a permanent resident of Athens. He passed away on November 1, 2016.
Known For
Young Alexis Vranas returns to Athens form studying abroad and starts working for a major company. There, he will meet and fall in love with a secretary, Varvara Papadopoulos.
The Papadopoulou Family
A Greek series that presents aspects of the lives of folk musicians who formed a rebetiko band during the 1930s-1960s. The title To Minore tis Avgis comes from the song of the same name, with lyrics by Minos Matsas and music by Spyros Peristeris. The series, which premiered on ERT on January 14, 1983, and was completed in two cycles of 14 and 13 episodes respectively, features popular songs by Vamvakaris, Tsitsanis, Papaioannou, Hatzichristou, and others. Antonis Zagouras is a young rebetis who arrives in Athens from Syros in search of fortune. He becomes a member of a rebetiko band and embarks on an exciting journey full of love, success, but also many disappointments, until he gains social and artistic recognition.
The Minor of Dawn
Crete 1897. Greek rebels gained their freedom by fighting in the mountains. An allied fleet of French, English, Italian and Russian warships anchored in the port of Chania in protecting Greek and Turkish inhabitants. Rosa Bonaparte, accompanied by twelve girls off at a deserted beach with all the equipment of a Marseille brothel. Installed in a wing of a huge, ruined former Town Hall, where the officers of the allied fleet meet and entertain in the evenings surrounded by undercover agents, military connectors, and speculators : an East-West mosaic of languages, costumes and intrigue ...
Bordello
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Ο Κίτρινος Φάκελος
Tormented by his memories, the writer Kostantis Manolopoulos takes stock of his life. Lost loves, old enmities, secret desires outline the Greece of the '50s, a Greece full of mothers, aunts, friends, enemies who share their lives in the neighborhoods, in the cafes and in the brothels. Among them, the writer's friend, Louis, tries to show him in every way that in this world, anything can happen...
Dyed Red Hair
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Αστροφεγγιά
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I Prova tou Nyfikou
A beautiful young woman Hana Angelousi is lured aboard the yacht of a man who is trying to break the spell that turns men into stone. An updated version of the legend of Perseus and Medusa.
Vortex
This film is a social comment of the times, exploring issues that centre around relationships and what was allowed and what was not allowed at the time (early 60s) in Greece. There are sub-plots also, mainly relating to the life of the poor city dwellers, social injustice and seeming double standards. Aliki Vougiouklaki is a poor young girl dreaming of a better life and the "handsome prince on a white stallion" who will deliver her from her miserable existence. She meets and falls in love with a young man (Nikos Kourkoulos) who also falls in love with her, but things are not as simple as they first seem. His past comes to haunt them with tragic consequences. Vassilis Diamantopoulos is excellent as the half-crazed old captain whose life strangely echoes that of young Aliki.
The Trip
In the fall of 1948, shortly before the end of the civil war in Greece, six young leftists traveled to Athens, boarded a plane to Thessaloniki, and forced the pilot to fly them to neighboring Yugoslavia, where they would seek political asylum along with other comrades. Their plan went off without a hitch and went down in history as the first hijacking ever.
The Noose
A rich girl leaves her family to avoid marrying the person her father has chosen for her. Her father offers a reward in order to find her and an other girl that looks exactly like her is brought to him.
Lisa and the Other Woman
During his summer vacation in Mytilene, a young and lonely small-time clerk, Kostas, becomes bewitched by a femme fatale, Anna Parisi, a thirty-five-year-old German woman married to a wealthy local businessman.
Dangerous game
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Καπνισμένος ουρανός
The Maro is in love with Alexis balm, in which the parents did not approve because known play-Boys. The peers aunt Lena undertakes to assist the other to the party that will organize to get to know the parents of Alexis Maro, Lena and Alex will feel a strange attraction. Lena, however, is married with a child and trying to control her emotions.
A Great Love
A prominent lawyer goes abroad for medical examinations and, during his absence, his wife cheats on him with a young man. Their gardener takes advantage of the situation and begins blackmailing them.