Acting
May 19, 1959
Loutraki, Greece
Michalis Reppas
Acting
Biography
Michalis Reppas (Greek: Μιχάλης Ρέππας) was also born in 1959, on May 20, in Loutraki, Corinthia. He studied at the Mathematics Department of the University of Athens, and at the Drama School of the National Theater, while he studied for a short time at the Stavrakos School. Michalis Reppas often appears as an actor as well - mostly in their own projects. Michalis Reppas and Thanasis Papathanasiou are a contemporary writing duo who have been involved in writing (as well as directing) plays, as well as television series, films, and musical theater performances. They became widely known with the now famous television series Treis Harites (1989 - 1992) and Bis hexamartein (1993 - 1996). Their plays "Dads with Rum" (1996), "Symbetheri from Tirana" (2008), "The Stork Brings the Babies" (2002), "Raus" (2010), "Men ready for everything" (2012 ) was one of the biggest commercial successes of modern Greek theater while their film "Safe Sex" (1999) broke the record for paid Greek cinema tickets with 1,500,000 tickets. The film currently holds the second place at the Greek box office, right after "Politiki kousina". The authors have been honored with the "Karolos Koun" theater prize (2002) in the category "Dramaturgy of a Greek Work" for their play "Evros across the street" while their also play "Attiki Odos" (2010) won the " Audience Theater Award" of the magazine "Athinoramas", in the category "Best New Greek Project". Their film, "Oxygeno", was honored in 2003 with the "FIPRESCI Award", at the 44th Thessaloniki Festival. (Source: Wikipedia)
Feature Films (20)
Two young Greek filmmakers in need of funding for their film titled "The End of Passion" end up seeking the financial aid of an almost forgotten old-time porn-king producer. He agrees to help them while concealing his own secret plan.
Strictly Non-Graphic
In the small, closed community of a provincial town, Magda tries to maintain a balance within a family facing many serious problems. The families apparently normal, bourgeois, every-day life will crack open, bringing to the surface hatred and passions of the kind that lie well-hidden in the mists of the nearby lake. An intense plot and a totally unexpected ending make up this film, which features characters who are vulnerable, innocent and ordinary, but who become ruthless and callous, worrying only about protecting their financial resources. The offences are disproportionately serious compared to the financial benefits they try to secure
Blackmail Boy
In a beautiful mountain village, a peculiar confectioner, Mr. Panagiotis is forced due to circumstances to hide little Fani from everyone in his house. Quickly, his two grandchildren and a friend of theirs discover the hidden Fani and thus the gang of five is formed. The four children and Mr. Panagiotis live a wonderful adventure between reality and fairy tale. But first they have to fool everyone, the daughter of Mr. Panagiotis, the village doctor and all the residents of the small society. Their obstacles are endless and after going through a thousand and two twists and trials, they will be revealed and they will have to face the consequences of their actions. Will everyone live happily ever after?
Snow Cookies
The crazy farce about entanglement and dark political backroom dealings "PUT THE MINISTER IN THE SOCKET." However, the very variation on the title also expresses the spirit of this new comedy. Around the machine that keeps the prime minister of the country dead and alive unfolds a farce of dealings and entanglements with only one goal: To change nothing. The political backstage strikes, always for its own benefit, all kinds of scenarios aimed at not changing anything in the country. A comedy about a world that makes sure - in a sometimes criminal way - to keep up the pretense and do nothing at a time when finally some people have to plug in to do something.
Put the Minister in the Socket
Television & Series (11)
The series takes place in a TV station, where two men (the station's best reporters) want the same woman. This woman happens to be married to one of them, but that doesn't matter much since she wants both of them too...
Το Δις Εξαμαρτείν
Follows the love of a Greek girl and an Albanian boy and the reactions around their relationship in a "typical" Greek village
In laws from Tirana
Ten artists of the greek showbiz have to dress up in singers and imitate them in the voice, in the dance and in the movements. The choices are determined by a buzzer. The artists have one week to try the performance.
Your Face Sounds Familiar (Greece)
Mary is a good wife, mother and… lover. Mary is a proper housewife, with a mother-in-law… malama. Mary is nice and plays it fatally. Three women, three different lives. The only thing they have in common is their name: Mary. Vaso Laskaraki, Katerina Zarifi and Niki Lami play the three heroines in the new comedy series.
Mary Mary Mary
Eliza Stamatiou lives with her mother, Margarita, and her younger brother, Giorgos, somewhere in Brahami. Their financial situation is very good and everyone at home has relative freedom of movement. Eliza works for a large insurance company, but her "secret" desire is to work in cinema, regardless of her specialty. In the boredom of everyday life and a rather indifferent life, Eliza juxtaposes her imagination, which has been fueled by endless hours in movie theaters or in front of the video. Her generally unsuccessful attempts to transfer elements and situations from movies and their corresponding heroines to her daily life, provoke laughter and emotion.
