Rent Landscape in the Mist (1988)
3.8 of 5 from 80 ratings
1h 52min
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- Synopsis:
- Two children, Voula and her young brother Alexander, run away from their Athens home to search for their father, whom their mother has told them lives in Germany. Boarding an express train, the children begin an epic journey into the chaos of the world and away from the innocence of childhood. Beautifully photographed by Giorgios Arvanitis and referencing several of Angelopoulos' earlier works, this extraordinary coming of age tale paints a dark portrait of Greece in the eighties - a country caught between its past and present, struggling to find a place in the future.
- Actors:
- Michalis Zeke, Tania Palaiologou, Stratos Tzortzoglou, Eva Kotamanidou, Aliki Georgouli, Vasilis Kolovos, Vasilis Bouyiouklakis, Ilias Logothetis, Vangelis Kazan, Stratos Pahis, Mihalis Giannatos, Kiriakos Katrivanos, Grigoris Evangelatos, Giannis Fyrios, Nikos Kouros
- Directors:
- Theodoros Angelopoulos
- Producers:
- Theodoros Angelopoulos, Eric Heumann, Amedeo Pagani, Stéphane Sorlat
- Writers:
- Theodoros Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra, Thanassis Valtinos
- Aka:
- Topio Stin Omichli
- Studio:
- Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Children & Family, Drama
- Collections:
- A History of Films Inspired by Magazine Articles, Lions on the Lido
- Countries:
- Greece
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Reviews (1) of Landscape in the Mist
A master director at his best - Landscape in the Mist review by TE
This is an elegaic film that stands in its own right, but which is enhanced by an awareness of Angelopoulos's earlier films.
Nearly all of the director's monumental works are beautifully nuanced investigations of Greek history in the 20th century. This historical enquiry is always set within absorbing narratives.
The latter point is never truer than here in 'Landscape in the Mist', where we follow two children on an emotionally scouring quest to find their father.
The cinematography is brilliant, and is at least as full of memorable scenes as the earlier works.
Made in 1988, 'Landscape in the Mist' also throws a beam forwards in time to anticipate the desperate struggles of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe in the 21st century.
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