Vera Sto Dexi
| Vera sto Dexi Βέρα στο Δεξί |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Created by |
Helena Akrita Yiorgos Kiritsis |
| Starring |
Katia Dandoulaki Kostas Kazakos Marianna Toumassatou Elissavet Moutafi Alexandros Stavrou Iro Loupi Danis Katranidis Konstantinos Konstantopoulos Mandy Lambou Konstantinos Kazakos |
| Country of origin | Greece |
| Original language(s) | Greek |
| No. of episodes | 625 |
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| Running time | Approximately 45 minutes |
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| Original network | Mega Channel |
| Original release | September 19, 2004 – July 1, 2007 |
Vera sto Dexi (Greek: Βέρα στο Δεξί; English translation: wedding ring on the right [hand]) is a Greek television soap opera. Created by Helena Akrita and Yiorgos Kiritsis, Vera sto Dexi combines elements of drama, mystery, adventure and occasionally comedy. The series stars Katia Dandoulaki, Kostas Kazakos, Marianna Toumassatou, Elissavet Moutafi, Alexandros Stavrou, Iro Loupi and Danis Katranidis, among others, and aired daily on Mega Channel.
Vera sto Dexi was created by journalist Helena Akrita and writer Yiorgos Kiritsis as a lead-in to the 8 p.m. Mega Channel's newscast and as a daily series that would revolutionize the concept of a daily show as a regular dramatic series instead of a soap opera. The pilot episode aired in Greece, Cyprus, Europe, Africa and Asia at the same time, through NOVA Greece, Mega Channel and Mega Cyprus and other TV stations. In early 2007, Mega Channel announced that the third season, which premiered September 17, 2006, would be the last one for the series. The third season's finale aired on July 1, 2007. A total of 625 episodes were broadcast and one behind-the-scenes/bloopers featurette, which aired one day after the series' finale.
A major concept of the series is the influence the past has on the present and the future. Vera sto Dexi refers to the consequences of a murder in which three young women had been involved, twenty years before the time setting of the series' storyline. The ongoing war between two ruthless businessmen, the very wealthy and powerful Diamantis Amiras (Kostas Kazakos), who owns the largest group of companies in the Balkans, and Aggelos Antipas (Danis Katranidis), and its influence on the lives of the characters of the series is also a recurring theme. The title refers to the exploration of marital relationships and the use of the wedding band as a symbol of commitment to another person or cause. Many of the show's most important events take place during a wedding or relate to the influence of such an event.
The main storyline of the first season was that of Stratos Antipas (Alexandros Stavrou), brother of the murdered Aggelos Antipas and his efforts to avenge his brother's death, by ruining the lives of the four women he considered responsible for the murder. The women are Kleri Mela (Katia Dandoulaki), a widely respected book publisher, her niece Reggina Kamba (Marianna Toumassatou), renowned lawyer, and Reggina's best friends, Elsa Saranti (Elissavet Moutafi), a young former singer engaged to the son of businessman Diamantis Amiras, Stefanos (Konstantinos Kazakos), and Dora Aggelidi-Sarri (Iro Loupi), a repressed housewife whose quotidian life is falling apart. As a child, Stratos witnessed the three younger women murder his older brother and legal guardian in self-defence (as he had attacked Reggina, who had been his lover, in jealous rage over their separation) and was sent to an orphanage. Having closely followed the women's lives, Stratos also targeted Kleri, who knew about the murder and kept it a secret. At that point in the series, Stratos was working as an assistant/hitman for Amiras, who had adopted him and had raised him like a son, resulting in a competitive relationship with Amiras's biological son, Stefanos. Stratos pursued Reggina romantically under an alias, and went on to ruin her life on many levels, culminating on the public and personal humiliation of abandoning her at the altar on their wedding. Stratos subsequently revealed his true identity and the reasons behind his actions to a desperate Reggina, and tortured her by forcing her to endure his affair with her best friend Dora, blackmailing her not to reveal the truth. He also made sure Elsa was sent to jail on her wedding day for a murder she did not commit, and engaged in a heated affair with Dora, after introducing a young prostitute named Aliki Karra (Mandy Lambou) to her husband Antonis Sarris (Konstantinos Konstantopoulos), thus ruining her seemingly perfect family life. Enchanted by Dora's strict ethics and healthy lifestyle as well as fond of her children who reminded him of his own traumatic childhood in the orphanage, Stratos chose to give up on his war against the four women. Meanwhile, Elsa was cleared of all charges and moved in with the severely depressed Reggina. Eventually, Kleri, Reggina and Elsa decided to reveal the truth about Stratos to Dora. When Dora found out the truth, she suffered a nervous breakdown and violently repelled Stratos. The latter, feeling he had been deprived of his chance to rebuild his life, attacked Reggina and tried to kill her. Reggina shot him, in an echo of her encounter with his late brother. Stratos survived the injury and, in an act of remorse, cleared Reggina of all charges. After Stratos's recovery, a mysterious benefactor contacted Reggina with information on the murder and the events that led to it. Stratos was thus forced to collaborate with Reggina in order to uncover the mystery. The evidence led to the war between Amiras, Stratos's employer and stepfather and Aggelos Antipas, Stratos's presumably deceased brother. Stratos discovered the truth about himself: he was Amiras's son and was not related to Aggelos by blood. Feeling lost and betrayed, Stratos confronted Amiras, his biological father and was forced to confess his developing attraction to Reggina. The two shared a night of passion, resulting in Reggina's pregnancy. Feeling guilty about his relationship to Aggelos's former lover, Stratos left Reggina a second time. The season ended with the discovery that Aggelos was still alive. He had been hiding in New York City for years, waiting for his return. The discovery and Aggelos's comeback changed everything for everyone.
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