Mavra Mesanychta

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Mavra Mesanychta (Greek: Μαύρα Μεσάνυχτα;^[1] "Black Midnight") is a Greek black comedy series, originally broadcast on Mega Channel under the executive production of . It was written by actor and writer  [el] (Βασίλης Ρίσβας), who also had one of main roles in the comedy, and writer (Δήμητρα Σακαλή).

The director of the series was  [el] (Πάνος Κοκκινόπουλος), the music producer was (Μάριος Στρόφαλης) and the producer (Μπέσυ Βουδούρη). Kokkinopoulos, after several years of cooperation with Alpha TV, chose to include in the series actors who had worked with him in the past, like Stelios Mainas (Στέλιος Μάινας),  [el] (Παναγιώτα Βλαντή),  [el] (Μπέσυ Μάλφα), Gerasimos Skiadaresis (Γεράσιμος Σκιαδαρέσης).

The theme music was composed by  [el] (Κυριάκος Παπαδόπουλος), with lyrics by pop star (Θηρίο), who also performs the song alongside singer (Μαρία Ιακώβου), having a small part in the series. The theme song became a large success in Greece, one of the reasons for the series having a high number of viewers.^{[citation needed]}

The production manager was (Δημήτρης Κατσαρός), the head of stage design (Γιάννης Δούμας), the head of costume design (Ηλιοστάλαχτη Βαβούλη), the director of photography (Κώστας Πάλμας), the montage responsible (Γιάννης Μαρής).

Themes[]

The series shows how a man can turn "from a sheep into a wolf", how money and power can change people or make them change if they do not have any other choice, and how far people are able to go and what they are willing to do and to lose in order to achieve what they want, no matter the cost they have to pay. It shows the reality of the underworld, what really happens backstage and what most people do not know (or do not want to know) about.^[2]

Plot[]

The story is about mafia and family, kitsch and glamour.

Everything starts when Thrasos,^[3] a peaceable breadwinner, inherits the fortune of his brother a man of night and owner of a nightclub that was killed by a bomb in his car. Thrasos suddenly from a low abiding citizen becomes the owner of the 95% of a big nightclub and one of the main heads of the underworld against his will.

Thrasos does not want to take his brothers fortune because of the fear that he might end up just like his brother, but his wife Lena, thirsty for money and luxuries, has other plans and forces him to accept the fortune. However, the ambitious Silvy, the lover of Thrasos' brother for many years, received only 5% of the nightclub, which she is not satisfied with, growing willing to do whatever she can to take the power on her own hands. In all that Thrasos will have to deal with the circumstances, and he will start having problems at work, buying off corrupt police officers to take decisions he does not want to, losing his family with the decisions he has made.

Cast[]

External links[]

• "To Vima"
• "LiveMovies"
• "iShow"

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