Sweet Bunch

Sweet Bunch
Theatrical release poster
Γλυκιά Συμμορία
Directed byNikos Nikolaidis
Written byNikos Nikolaidis
Produced byNikos Nikolaidis
StarringDespina Tomazani
Dora Maskalvanou
Takis Moschos
Takis Spiridakis
Alkis Panagiotidis
Lenia Polycrati
Konstantinos Tzoumas
Dinos Makris
Andreas Tsafos
Haris Romas
Takis Loukatos
Alkmini Stavrou
Marianna Koutalou
Katerina Sigountou
Fay Tsanetopoulou
Natasa Kapsabeli
Isavella Mavraki
Natasha Assiki
Fotini Kotrotsi
Hristos Zygomalas
Panayotis Kaldis
Manos Tsilimidis
Giorgos Polyhroniadis
Panos Thanassoulis
Nikos Katomeris
Elias Kostandakopoulos
Nikos Stavropoulos
Giannis Kouriotis
Spiros Bibilas
Kostas Baladimas
CinematographyAris Stavrou
Edited byAndreas Andreadakis
Music byGiorgos Hatzinasios
The Fontane Sisters
McGuire Sisters
Eddie Cochran
Giuseppe Verdi
Adolphe Adam
Johann Sebastian Bach
Production
companies
Vergeti Brothers
Greek Film Center
Distributed byGreek Film Center
Restless Wind
Release date
Running time
146 Minutes
CountryGreece
LanguageGreek

Sweet Bunch (Greek: Γλυκιά Συμμορία, romanizedGlykia Symmoria) is a 1983 Greek dramatic experimental independent underground art film directed by Nikos Nikolaidis. The film, produced by Vergeti Brothers and the Greek Film Center, is the second part of the "Years of Cholera" trilogy beginning with The Wretches Are Still Singing (1979) and ending with The Loser Takes It All (2002) which deals with the last decades of the twentieth century. The original Greek title directly references the Greek title of the 1969 Sam Peckinpah film The Wild Bunch (Greek: Άγρια Συμμορία, romanizedAgria Symmoria). The film uses as background music the 1958 song "Sugartime" written by Charlie Phillips and Odis Echols as well as the 1940 song "Sweet Mara" (Greek: «Γλυκιά Μαράτα,» tr. "Glykia Marata") composed by Leo Rapitis to lyrics by Kostas Kofiniotis which was performed by Kakia Mendri. It was distributed by the Greek Film Center in Greece and by Restless Wind abroad.