A Foolish Love (1981)

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AKA: Oi Apenanti
Directed by: Giorgos Panousopoulos
Starring: Aris Retsos (Haris), Betty Livanou (Stella), Dora Volanaki(Mother), Lazaros Andreou (Friend), Sofia Aliberti (Stella’s daughter)
Country: Greece; Effed Up European Films
Language: Greek (Eng Subs); Effed Up Greek Movies
Runtime: 01:45:26
Genres: Voyeur, Older-Younger Relationships

Plot – Spoilers:
Haris is a budding astronomy student trying to follow in the footsteps of his Greek forefathers, but mostly he does lock-cracking for a gang of smalltime criminals who are deeply America-influenced. He lives with his passive mother who’s a little scared of him, and while he’s mostly confident and not short on friends, he prefers lonerism and indulges in recreational activities like playing Pac-Man or hanging out watching bikers getting excited by the night.

Haris’ interest in astronomy means he has a modified telescope set up in his room which he puts to useful use scanning the lives of people in other buildings. His best friend has eyes on a teen girl who lives a few streets across to Haris, but Haris has his eyes locked firmly on her bored mother.

A Foolish Love is a slightly artistic film that takes its time, but there are plenty of moments of realism that pop up regularly enough to keep you interested even if you might not care for the artistic.

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Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
February 4, 2026 10:53 pm

A film about an arrogant and selfish prick who is the type of person that walks around his mother’s apartment in his underwear while she has guests over and drinks milk straight out of the bottle so others can sample his backwash. He’s inconsiderate and self-righteously thinks it’s OK to be a voyeur and intrude on people. He walks around with this “I’m better than you” attitude. Even his mother notices that there is a “change” in him the more he becomes the jag-off he really is.

There was an inconsiderate asshole from my home town that looked and acted just like this guy. He even had the same curly haired quaff of a hairdo. He used to secretly film people. He had microphones placed in the vents in his bathroom and he used to tape record his mother, father, sister, brothers and house guests taking a shit and play it back for people. He had constant BO because he had absolutely no regard for anyone else except for himself.

I guess you could say this film is some sort of artistic statement but it came across to me as just some arrogant inconsiderate jag-off who was being a fucking jerk because he could. It’s kind of slow and irritating. I didn’t like this film. It happens. 2 stars.

Έλληναρας 3
Έλληναρας 3
August 3, 2025 8:37 pm

Not bad

Ελληναρας 2
Ελληναρας 2
March 9, 2025 3:20 pm

απλά πανέμορφο.

aldana
aldana
December 30, 2024 7:24 am

actually cute

Ελληνάρας
Ελληνάρας
May 23, 2023 2:14 am

Did not expect to see a movie from my country here, feeling very proud

Vic
Vic
February 4, 2023 3:34 pm

Avoid.

tonyelmono
tonyelmono
May 11, 2022 7:45 am

SPOILER! i guess you could consider that a happy ending. There must be something wrong with me, I watched the whole thing.