| The Loser Takes It All | |
| Native Name: | Ο χαμένος τα παίρνει όλα |
| Director: | Nikos Nikolaidis |
| Producer: | Nikos Nikolaidis |
| Starring: | Giannis Aggelakas Simeon Nikolaidis Jenny Kitseli Ifigenia Asteriadi Louise Attah Ioanna Pappa Savva Loumi Melissa Stoili Maro Mavri Christos Houliaras George Houliaras Kostas Katsikis Dimitris Katsimanis Themis Katz Stefanos Lazarinos Grigoris Pimenidis Notis Pitsilos Takis Tsagaris Michele Valley |
| Cinematography: | Kostas Gikas |
| Editing: | Giorgos Triandafyllou |
| Music: | Giannis Aggelakas Simeon Nikolaidis |
| Studio: | Greek Film Center Greek Television ET-1 |
| Distributor: | Greek Film Center Greek Television ET-1 Prooptiki |
| Runtime: | 120 Minutes |
| Country: | Greece |
| Language: | Greek |
| Budget: | ₯ 280,000,000 |
The Loser Takes It All (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ο χαμένος τα παίρνει όλα|translit=O chamenos ta pairnei ola|italic=yes) is a 2002 Greek dramatic experimental independent underground art film, the seventh feature film directed by Nikos Nikolaidis. The film, produced by the Greek Film Center and Greek Television ET-1, is the last part of the "Years of Cholera" trilogy beginning with The Wretches Are Still Singing (1979) and Sweet Bunch (1983) which deals with the last decades of the twentieth century. Production of the film was finished by September 2002. The film was first screened at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival on 15 November 2002 and its theatrical release began on 31 January 2003. The film received the Best Director Award and Kostas Gikas received the Best Cinematographer Award for it at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival's Greek State Film Awards in November 2002.[1]
The story revolves around five characters: a fortysomething, the "Man," who has memories from the "years of cholera;" an alcoholic woman, Odetti, who goes by the pseudonym of "Madame Raspberry;" a Senegalese stripper named Mandali; the "Little Guy," a guitar player and music lover; and Elsa, the protagonist's ex-girlfriend who is now a barwoman. The characters meet in order to fulfill their longstanding dream: leaving the city for an exotic island on a journey of no return. Thus they get involved with the dark world of the night.
The film's soundtrack contains the following songs:
The soundtrack was released in 2003 by the company Hitch Hyke Records and includes twenty-eight pieces (mostly instrumental), including the song "The Loser Takes It All" (Greek, Modern (1453-);: «Ο χαμένος τα παίρνει όλα,» tr. "O chamenos ta pairnei ola") sung by Giannis Aggelakas. It was later reissued by Aggelakas' record label All Together Now.