To kafe tis Charas (2003)
- Original title
- Το Καφέ της Χαράς
- Genre
- drama, comedy, family
- Country
- Greece
- Length
- 5 seasons, 131 episodes
- Rated
- 8
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 15 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A conservative mayor in a small Greek village tries to stop an Athenian single mother from opening a cafe. The series follows their clash and the community's reactions over multiple seasons.
lightheartedwarmcomedicwhimsicalfamily-friendlynostalgicplayfulrelatablegentle
What happens
To kafe tis Charas (English: Joy's café) is a Greek comedy-drama TV series that broadcast on ANT1 for three seasons from September 2003 to June 2006, before being revived for a fourth and a fifth season since December 2019. The show was originally broadcast at 21:00 local time immediately after ANT1 NEWS, while the fourth season was broadcast on Fridays at 21.45. Together with Romas' previous show Konstantinou kai Elenis, episodes of the first three seasons of Kafe tis Charas have been re-run almost daily since the end of the show's original run, making it one of the most popular and recognisable shows in the history of Greek television. The show is produced by Kostas Lychnaras and written and directed by Charis Romas and Anna Chatzisofia. The show stars Charis Romas (who also wrote and starred in Mama Mia, Oi Men Kai Oi Den and Konstantinou kai Elenis) as the ultraconservative mayor of a fictional village in Arcadia, who is obsessed with preventing Chara (lit. Joy) Chaska, an Athenian single mother, played by Renia Louizidou, from opening a café (the eponymous Kafe tis Charas) in his village. The series also stars Tzois Eveidi, Vasilis Chalakatevakis, Kostas Flokatoulas, Christina Tsafou, Foteini Demiri, Charis Grigoropoulos, Stelios Goutis, Rania Ioannidou, Sofia Moutidou, Periklis Lianos, Dimitris Tsakalas, Chara Ismirou, Dimitrios Macheras and Giannis Papathanasis. Reruns of Kafe tis Charas were one of the first Greek programs to air with closed captioning for the hearing impaired. In August 2018, Haris Romas announced that "To Kafe tis Charas" will return for a 4th Season in 2020. The new season premiered on New Year's Eve of 2019 to record ratings, and it ended on December 11, 2020.The success of 4th season lead to the production of one more season which premiered on January 15, 2021 and it consists of 20 episodes. The 5th season is the last season of the series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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