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« Chariton's Choir »
- "Georges Corraface, as the consistently mischievous and always cheerful Chariton (...) gives a fantastic performance, and will be the one remembered once you've seen the movie." Alex Billington, firstshowing.net, March 2nd, 2007.
- "Pic's main interest is watching Corraface play a twinkling-eyed rogue who has every female in town at his feet (...). A cast led by a merry Corraface, who comes off as more life-embracing than Zorba the Greek, follows the drill with good humor." Deborah Young, variety.com, February 16th, 2006.
- "This likable period sex farce is set in 1968 and shot in robust Italian comedy-style. With lots of fireworks and comic turmoil, it pits a lusty Zorba of a school principal (Georges Corraface) against a dour army major (Akilas Karazisis), both of them warring over the morals of the town and the charms of a sexy teacher (Maria Nafpliotou). Brash and exaggerated, it still generates fun. This year's Foreign Language Oscar nominee from Greece." Michael Wilmington, film critic, The Chicago Tribune, March 16th, 2007.
« Politiki Kouzina (A Touch Of Spice) »
- "A Touch of Spice knocks US blockbusters off top of bill (...) forcing Hollywood to sit up and take notice of a film being billed as the Mediterranean answer to "Like Water For Chocolate" (...) starring (Georges Corraface), one of (Greece's) best-known actors." Fiachra Gibbons,"The Guardian", November 26, 2003.
-"Logic and sensitivity, humour and emotion, art and craft, dialogues and acting, are all well-balanced in the most complete -perhaps- Greek film of the recent years. Ethnos, October 24, 2003.
- "A Touch of Spice" may yet become the most popular Greek movie of all time. Its theme is the symbiosis between Turks, Greeks and other ethnic groups that flourished until recently, and never quite disappeared, in the great conurbation on the Bosporus. (...)" "The protagonist" --Georges Corraface and Markos Osse (young Fannis)-- "is a Greek who is forced to leave Istanbul, along with most of his family , as a small boy but pines ever after for his home town, the Turkish girl who was his childhood playmate, and the Oriental cuisine prepared by his grandfather. As the old man taught him, sweet and spicy flavors can be mixed in many ways, and they taste better in combination than they would alone." Bruce Clark, "The International Herald Tribune", October 12, 2003.
« To Tama » (Evagoras' Vow)
- "He carries the burden of an entire history on his shoulders, in the midst of nature. He's a fairy-tale hero. Never tiring of generating energy, like a dynamo. The actor's own tale goes on as if it were a tale of nature's never ending power and energy."The Cologne Festival Jury, 2002.
- "This is not your typical road movie but the episodic structure and clever references to other famous pilgrimages (Odysseus and Chaucer, to name just two) situate To Tama in a familiar place. The movie is both light-hearted as well as interested in the concept of right and wrong, and the lead performance from Georges Corraface is wonderful." J. Robert Parks, editor, tollbooth.org, October, 2, 2002.
- "His interpretation is illuminating with this role of a candide peasant who has lost his way between the complex notions of good and evil." I. Zouboulakis, "To Vima", January 18, 2002.
- "Georges Corraface, usually masculine and seductive, is metamorphosized by Andres Panzis in this role as a naïve peasant with a big heart, speaking the cypriot dialect. He has justifiably won many awards for his interpretation." Maria Katsounaki, "ekathimerini", January 18, 2002.
- "And so, Andreas Panzis has offered an oppurtunity for Georges Corraface to create a really excellent composition and superbly natural interpretation, in a symbolic universe, for which he has been awarded, quite deservidly, the prize for the best actor 2001 at the Greek Cinema Awards." Robi Eksil, "Ethnos", January 18, 2002.
« L'Eté Rouge (Red Summer) »
- A special mention for the cast: Georges Corraface plays this caracter, all at once, touching and then violent, tender and irascible, with his usual talent." Caroline Constant, "L'Humanité", June 26, 2002.
- And when the hero, played by Georges Corraface (half-Gérard Lanvin, half-Antonio Banderas), announces with so much conviction, after thirteen years of enfoced abstinance, the very profound key-line: "There is nothing like the soft skin of a woman", one says to himself: that's talent!" Hugo Cassavetti, "Télérama", June 22-28, 2002.
« Les Déracinés" (The Uprooted) »
- "A new actor's feat for Corraface playing a "pied noir" immigrant." Delphine Germain, "Télé Cable Hebdo", September 17-23, 2001.
« Toutes les Femmes sont des Déesses »
(All Women are Goddesses)
- "Then there is that rare strength from Georges Corraface. An actor who unleashes fabulous strength and energy. (...) I have discovered a man who always investigates others and himself. An almost spiritual quest which flows from questioning himself about the way people and things work." Comments of Marion Sarraut, director, "TF1 Hebdo Magazine", January 15-21, 2000.
« Kebab Connexion »
(Vive la Mariée... et la Libération du Kurdistan)
- "An oriental Marius and Janette who, thanks to perfect actors (nice comeback from Georges Corraface) who enable us to discover immigrant habits, customs and struggles, so rarely given a forum. Run to meet them!" Michel Rebichon, "Studio Magazine", June, 1998.
« La Pasion Turca »
- "A good, solid performance by Georges Corraface". Angel Fernandez-Santos, "La Cultura", December 16, 1994
- "He has in-depth theatrical experience and has worked with the greatest theatre directors. ... Georges Corraface is confirmed in a cinematographic career which increasingly improves." Cristina Gil, film critic, December 3, 1994.
- "Georges Corraface is fantastic." Carlos Boyero, "El Mundo", December 16, 1994.
« The Mahabharata »
- "As in the stage production, the most vivid portrayal belongs to Mr. Corraface, a swarthy fiery-eyed actor whose lust for earthly domination seems to pulse from the center of his being." Stephen Holden, "The New York Times", September 28, 1989.
- "One of several remarkable performers appearing in the film is Franco-Greek actor Georges Corraface, who has been with the Mahabharata since its beginnings on stage." Bridget Byrne, "American Film".
« Nostromo » (David Lean's unfinished project):
- "For the role of Nostromo, we four times tested ... Georges Corraface ... Lean was very excited, especially after the last, rather exhaustive screen test. I remember him saying that he felt this way about Omar Sharif when he first came across him." British playwright Christopher Hampton, quoted in "American Film".
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