Koko

A talented but impecunious author has a chance encounter with the household's exotic new housemaid: the bright-eyed African beauty, Oua-Oua. Could the cryptic housekeeper with the deliciously strange name be the answer to his prayers? A film adaptation of the great theatrical success of actors Kostas Rigopoulos and Kakia Analyti, based on Francois Campaux's comedy Chérie Noir. A writer is going through a serious crisis: neither his career nor his marriage is going well; his talent and friends seem to have abandoned him. The only one standing by his side is a girl from Africa who has come to Greece to study; to make ends meet, she works as a maid in his home. Naïve and kind, she manages to change the climate that reigns and restore a happy atmosphere to the home. —Greek Film Archive Struggling to overcome a persistent writer's block, talented but impecunious author Panos Venetis finds himself between a rock and a hard place when his needy wife Eva gives him an urgent ultimatum. Before long, things take a turn for the unexpected as the friendless, penniless, utterly uninspired writer has a chance encounter with the household's exotic new housemaid: a dazzling, bright-eyed African beauty named My-Love Oua-Oua. Could the cryptic housekeeper with the deliciously strange name be the answer to Panos' prayers? —Nick Riganas