Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei

Feb 20 2004 N/A 2h 50m
Drama, History, Romance

The first part of an incomplete trilogy telling the story of the greek people. The film begins in 1919, with Greek immigrants from Odessa arriving near Thessaloniki. Led by the charismatic Spyros, they establish a new settlement in the delta of a river. The youngest of the settlers are Spyros' son Alexis and an orphan from Odessa, Eleni. A strong, almost incestuous affection develops between the teenagers, resulting in twins who are given to a foster family. Also standing in the way of love is Spyros, determined to take his foster daughter as his wife. The lovers then decide to flee the village, persecuted by their father, leading a life of exile. As Alexis joins a group of musicians planning to go to the United States, Eleni regains custody of the twins. Angelopoulos, as in previous films, looks at the sacrifice of civilians confronted by the workers' demonstrations of 1935, the rule of Metaxas' fascist junta and forced emigration to America, and finally the civil war of 1944-1949.

Plot

This is the first film of Theo Angelopoulos' trilogy. The story starts in 1919 with some greek refugees from Odessa arriving somewhere near Thessaloniki. Among these people are two small kids, Alexis and Eleni. Eleni is an orphan and she is also taken care by Alexis' family. The refugees build a small village somewhere near a river and we watch as the kids grow up and fall in love. But difficult times of dictatorship and war are coming...

Written by

Theodoros Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra, Petros Markaris

Directed by

Theodoros Angelopoulos

Cast

Alexandra Aidini, Nikos Poursanidis, Giorgos Armenis

Crew

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Production Countries

Italy, Greece, Germany, France

Production Companies

ZDF/Arte, RAI, Network Movie, ARTE France Cinéma, Canal+, Theo Angelopoulos Films, Greek Film Centre, Eurimages, ZDF, Movie Reinhold Elschot, Attica Art Productions, Networxx - Film Management, Intermédias, EPT, Classic, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Bac Films

Languages

Awards

2 wins & 6 nominations

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