at last . here a movie that do as much for the reputation of the men of greece and russia a gigli do for the those of mr. affleck and ms. lo . from the edge of the city detail the sad and sordid life of some young russian émigrés who live in and around athens and spend their time burglarize car and get laid and pimp woman émigrés and prostitute themselves ( but be not gay because we do not do and you know . and if we do and it only once or twice . with the same guy . ) there be hardly anything here you have not see before and good while only the athens locale add a little novelty even then there but a scene or two that scenic . writer or director constantine giannaris ( 3 step to heaven ) offer a relatively generic 95 minute and in which the standout moment involve how stupid and sexist and ( from the look of thing ) pretty much irredeemable most of these guy be . ( interestingly and the gayer the guy and the more redeemable he appear . ) what really rankle be the treatment of the woman . greek and russian male would seem to give the italian a run for their money regard that famous madonna or whore complex . have life in greece improve much for woman since the time of plato and socrates . one have to wonder . if i seem to be equate russian and greek in this review and i apologize and but even the non émigrés picture here ( the cab driver and for instance ) be creep . accord to another review on this site and the film ( a hit on it home turf ) be actually submit by greece for an academy award for best foreign film . what this say about the state of greek movie making and i hesitate to ponder .