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The Pontians

The Pontians

7.2(5 votes)
1986
1h 35m
Comedy

Giorikas and Kostikas, Pontian immigrants, return to Greece from Germany. Their goal is to understand why jokes are told about Pontians and who spreads them. They learn that some Pontians are responsible. Kostikas stops the circulation of the jokes until he realizes how sad life is without them, so he allows them to be circulated again.

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Companies:
Europe Film

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Original:el
Spoken:
Greek

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