Balkanisateur (1997)

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Country: Bulgaria, France, Greece, Switzerland
Genres: Comedy
Release: 1997-04-16
Director: Sotiris Goritsas
Writers: Sotiris Goritsas , Sakis Totlis
Language: Greek | Bulgarian | English | German | Turkish | Swiss German
Stars: Gerasimos Skiadaressis , Stelios Mainas , Katharina Zapatka , Giota Festa , Thanos Grammenos , Dimitris Mavropoulos , Yorgos Sambanis , Jean-Michel Ribes , Lena Sabine Berg , Yves Raeber
Runtime: 97 min
Awards: 1 nomination
AKA: Balkan Express (Finland) , Βαλκανιζατέρ (Greece) , Βαλκανιζατέr (Greece) , Balkanisateur , Balkan-Suisse Connection (Switzerland, Swiss Confederation) , Valkanizater (France, French Republic) , Валканизатер (Russian Federation) , Valkanizater
Plot: In dire straits, two childhood friends who struggle to eke out a living somewhere in a sleepy village of Northern Greece--the unassuming bar owner, Stavros, and his impulsive partner, Fotis--summon up the nerve to change their lives once and for all. With their risky but seemingly infallible plan pivoting around the simple notion of exchanging American dollars to Bulgarian levs and then profiting from the difference between the currency exchange rates, the desperate and inexperienced opportunists set out on a mission across the late-1990s Balkans. Now, as East meets West aboard a rickety and completely unreliable Peugeot 404, the heist that promises to set Fotis and Stavros up for life begins; however, are they prepared to accept what awaits them at the end of this long road trip?
IMDB:tt0146458