Peninta Peninta (English: Fifty-Fifty) is a Greek television series that was first aired from 2005 to 2007 by Mega Channel. Owing to its success, the series returned the 2010–11 season with 15 new episodes. The series stars Petros Filippidis, Pavlos Haikalis, Sakis Boulas and others. It won two television awards in 2007, for the best actor (Petros Filippidis) and the best supporting actor (Pygmalion Dadakaridis).
On January 13, 2010, a TV movie of the series titled The Big Feast was broadcast, which is set after the end of the second season and was also dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Mega Channel. Its popularity led the station to release a new season of episodes in the 2010–2011 season. The station was also planning a fourth season, but due to the station's financial difficulties, the plan was shelved.
Contents
Plot
The series tells the story of the lives of three couples: Nikiforos and Elisavet (or Veta as Nikiforos used to call her), Mimis and Xanthippi, Pavlos and Irini. The seemingly peaceful life of the group is gradually disturbed by Pavlos' extramarital affair with the young gymnast, Maria, the relationship of Natalia (daughter of Nikiforos and Elisavet) with Achilleas, and the relationship of Kimon (son of Mimis) with the cynical Vivian, who makes him her subordinate in order to inherit her father-in-law's fortune.
Cast
Main
Petros Filippidis as Nikiforos Zormpas
Pavlos Haikalis as Dimitris "Mimis" Sarantinos
Sakis Boulas as Pavlos "Pavlitos" Strateas
Ava Galanopoulou as Elisavet "Veta" Dimaki
Vana Rambota as Irirni Karampeti
Maria Androutsou as Xanthippi Alevizou
Pigmalion Dadakaridis as Kimon Sarantinos
Nikoleta Karra as Maria Papadopopulou
Sofia Panagou as Natalia Zormpa
Thanos Tokakis as Achilleas Linardos
Foteini Tsakiri as Vivian Sarantinou
Special guest appearances
Alkis Panagiotidis as Alkiviadis "Adis" Mpeloutsis
Kostas Triantafyllopoulos as Ippokratis Mpeloutsis
Michael Giannatos as Turkish prison guard
Giannis Aivazis as Policeman Stefanos
Tasos Kostis as Thanasis Papadopoulos
Christos Mantakas as Giannis Metaxakis
Krateros Katsoulis as Asimakis Mpaltas