I Loved a Pontian (1986)
Genre : Comedy
Runtime : 1H 32M
Director : Omiros Efstratiadis
Synopsis
The feelings of a young lady for a Pontian Greek, whom his fellow countrymen call "the disgrace of Pontus", is obvious to everyone. Kostikas, however, doesn't notice her feelings because his mind is elsewhere. He is trying to become the president of the football team of New Pontus, in order to take the place of Giorikas, who happens to be in love with the lady in question.
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