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Let The Women Wait is a Greek comedy film, produced, written and directed by Stavros Tsiolis in1998. It stars Giannis Zouganelis, Argyris Bakirtzis, and Sakis Boulas.

Plot
Panos (Zouganelis) and Michalis (Bakirtzis), brothers-in law from Thessaloniki, start a journey to Thassos, where their families reside. A chance meeting with a girl (played by Aggeliki Iliadis) at Lake Volvi will cause emotional distress to Panos, who falls in love with her, breaks down psychologically and attempts suicide. Michalis calls Antonis (Boulas), the third brother-in-law and politician of PASOK, for help. But the presence of Antonis causes a new set of problems.

The film has strong elements of ancient Greek tragedy, with comic elements of the modern era. For example, the chorus is embodied by two elderly women who use a portable CD player to play folk music for the characters, while the film itself is divided into parts (before and after the appearance of the chorus), just like an ancient tragedy.

Distribution

 * Giannis Zouganelis - Panos
 * Sakis Boulas - Antonis
 * Argyris Bakirtzis - Michalis
 * Aggeliki Iliadi - Singer
 * Emily Papachristou - Elderly Woman
 * Archontoula Xenou - Elderly Woman

Trivia
The idea for the film came about from a trip by Stavros Tsiolis and Christos Vakalopoulos to Kavala during the filming of his previous film, Please, Women, Don't Cry. The original title of the film was "The Historical Congress of Volvi". It was the director's first collaboration with Sakis Boulas and Yiannis Zouganelis, in contrast to Argyris Bakirtzis, with whom he had also collaborated in previous films.

The film has commentary on the political scene and culture of the 1990s, which is delivered by surrealist dialogues.