According to the actor who plays him, Andreas Karamutsos, his play “dao”does not have any special features.

In addition: “He is a gangster, going through the middle of old age and thinking about how he can spend the rest of his years somewhere in silence. That is, how he will receive a pension, ”the actor says with a smile. Anthony Kafetsopoulos“from a profession that is not in the tradition of pensioners.”

The play has its own characteristics: in addition to Andreas Karamoutsos, it tells about his frivolous son Giannis, who dreams of inheriting his father’s kingdom of night. Opposite him, he finds Joseph Mousidis, who commands the city and whose ingratitude does not allow him to help his mad son. The show is held in Epi Kolonos Theater until mid-March, and something else can be found in his co-authors: he took the direction Danae Spiliotisungrateful mobster plays Thodoris Skiftulis and the frivolous young man interpreted George Cafetzopouloswhich also signs the text.

“The son admires his father because he had a big face and wants to be like him, but he is still in the process of asking him decisively, even though he has gone through puberty,” says Antonis Kafetsopoulos, George’s father. “This is the time when you think about mentally killing your father to grow up, to see who you are, how you are going to continue with your life. In their case, since they are always holding some sort of gun, it is literally dangerous.”

Autobiographical information

Are there any autobiographical elements in the relationship between the two Karamuts? Yes, “destiny” because it’s about two people who also have a physical relationship off the stage, says Antonis Kafetsopoulos. Other than that, no other matches were found. The retired gangster found solace in Taoism, and the actor himself calls himself a “dry rationalist.” As he explains: “I believe that everyone’s life is what they live, 70-80 years – maybe less due to illness or an accident – and all we can leave is a relationship that we formed with other people and a couple. good ideas.”

All we can leave behind is the relationships we have with other people and a couple of good ideas.

He definitely did not choose the profession of an actor – he wanted to study music and cinema. “Being an actor,” he continues, “was very easy for me, very desirable, and it also brought benefits in my daily life: I had time to read and do other things.”

Instead of “favorite roles”, he has works that stand out. For example, the performance of “Anatolis” in the Byzantine “Babylonia” in 1989 and the production of “American Buffalo” in 2006; his characters in Plato’s Academy (2009) and Philip Zitow’s An Unjust World (2011); “Angelos Yannuzis” in “Astropedia” (1980), the general atmosphere in “Minor tis augis” in 1983 and, of course, the TV series “The Married Too Have a Soul” in 1997.

“The DNA of Acalyptos is inherited from the poor old Greek movie,” says Antonis Kafetsopoulos. “Another interest,” he continues, “was that the series offered as a comedy something between the surreal excess of the Marx Brothers and improvisation. We improvised a lot, something that wanted to create an atmosphere for director Antonis Tempos to watch and record. This is also a long tradition, dating back to Eduardo de Filippo, Pirandello, to the commedia dell’arte. Acalyptos was also an artistic achievement that some have appreciated as such.”

The discussion reaches the level of artists. “Technically, our degrees do not correspond to existing regulations. Since the European directive refers to three levels of education, technically we refer to the second. On the other hand, there is a huge, not only moral, not strictly professional, but essential problem: some people have studied and thought about their subject, they “bleed”. These efforts must find their place in the education system. We cannot be considered high school graduates who studied acting as a hobby. Not true. Humanity has found ways that do not correspond to reality, to regulate them with laws so that they come closer to reality,” emphasizes Antonis Kafetsopoulos and adds that under these conditions, the path to the magistracy is “blocked” for younger colleagues. . “Article 16,” he continues, “with which I fundamentally disagree, says something right: the state is obliged to take care of the education of interested citizens.”

The “political being”, as he claims, looks after current affairs, domestic and international. He has an additional interest in Turkey, not only because he was born in Istanbul. “I am watching from the human side, it is shocking, although a seismologist may say that this was to be expected. And although at times it seemed that there was a significant increase in construction in Turkey, the latest earthquake in degraded areas showed how papery this growth was.