My Best Friend (Greek: Ο καλύτερός μου φίλος, romanized: O kalyteros mou filos) is a 2001 Greek comedy film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and Lakis Lazopoulos. It is Lanthimos' feature directorial debut.
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Plot
Two friends since childhood have spent their lives tormenting each other. When one discovers the other is sleeping with his wife their marriages and friendship collapse into a mayhem of sex and lies.
Cast
Lakis Lazopoulos – Konstantinos
Antonis Kafetzopoulos – Alekos
Vera Krouska – Dafni
Smaragda Karydi – Andrea
Reception
Robert Koehler of Variety described the film's results as "unbalanced at best..." writing that the film's "frenetic energy and push beyond the boundaries of realism recalls a younger Terry Gilliam, but the ribald, joyously lusty sexuality is Lazopoulos’ own, and he uses it as a comic engine for useful if predictable irony in the final reel."
Box office
The film was a commercial success, selling 350,000 admissions in Greece. In Cyprus, it sold 7,914 admissions.