The Coffee Reader
Seen it?1956 | 89 min | Comedy
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 29 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1956: an older pace and style.
In a poor neighborhood of Athens, next to the coffee shop of Spyros (Mimis Fotopoulos) is a coffee shop that has gained a great reputation and is preparing to move to Kolonaki as it has made a lot of money by telling the cup. In the same neighborhood is a laundress, Kalliopi (Georgia Vassiliadou), who makes a living by force. One day, after an incident in which a customer (Kostas Mentis) humiliates Kalliopi and Spyros intervenes, he comes up with an idea: for Kalliopi to run the coffee shop, since the other one has left.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 429 people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Alekos Sakellarios
- Georgia VasileiadouKalliopi
- Mimis FotopoulosSpyros Tsardis
- Vasilis AvlonitisNikitas
- Smaroula GiouliKaiti Giavasi
- Eleni ZafeiriouAnna Giavasi (as Nitsa Zafeiriou)
- Periklis HristoforidisAndreas Giavasis
- Yorgos Damasiotisdrunk man
- Betty Moshonacustomer
- Nikos Fermasstreet seller
- Beata Asimakopoulourich lady