The Loser Takes It All

The Loser Takes It All
Theatrical release poster
Ο χαμένος τα παίρνει όλα
Directed by	Nikos Nikolaidis
Written by	Nikos Nikolaidis
Produced by	Nikos Nikolaidis
Starring	Giannis Aggelakas Simeon Nikolaidis Jenny Kitseli Ifigenia Asteriadi Louise Attah Ioanna Pappa Savva Loumi Melissa Stoili Maro Mavri Christos Houliaras George Houliaras Kostas Katsikis Dimitris Katsimanis Themis Katz Stefanos Lazarinos Grigoris Pimenidis Notis Pitsilos Takis Tsagaris Michele Valley
Cinematography	Kostas Gikas
Edited by	Giorgos Triandafyllou
Music by	Giannis Aggelakas Simeon Nikolaidis
Production companies	Greek Film Center Greek Television ET-1
Distributed by	Greek Film Center Greek Television ET-1 Prooptiki
Release date	15 November 2002 (2002-11-15) (Thessaloniki International Film Festival)
Running time	120 Minutes
Country	Greece
Language	Greek
Budget	₯ 280,000,000

The Loser Takes It All (Greek: Ο χαμένος τα παίρνει όλα, romanized: O chamenos ta pairnei ola) is a 2002 Greek dramatic experimental independent underground art film, the seventh feature film directed by Nikos Nikolaidis. The film, produced by the Greek Film Center and Greek Television ET-1, is the last part of the "Years of Cholera" trilogy beginning with The Wretches Are Still Singing (1979) and Sweet Bunch (1983) which deals with the last decades of the twentieth century. Production of the film was finished by September 2002. The film was first screened at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival on 15 November 2002 and its theatrical release began on 31 January 2003. The film received the Best Director Award and Kostas Gikas received the Best Cinematographer Award for it at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival's Greek State Film Awards in November 2002.^[1]