Rent Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow (2004)
3.8 of 5 from 84 ratings
2h 42min
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- Synopsis:
The unmistakable vision of Greek cinema master Theo Angelopoulos, 'The Weeping Meadow' is the first part in a celluloid trilogy that spans a wide-ranging historical panorama. In 1919, as Greek refugees flee Odessa and the invading Red Army for their homeland, the story of the forbidden love affair between the beautiful young Eleni (Alexandra Aidini) and Alexis (Nikos Poursanidis) begins. After giving birth to twin sons, the couple elope to Thessaloniki in an attempt to start anew. But their lives are shattered by the country's political turmoil and such calamitous events as World War II and the Greek Civil War. Angelopoulos' sweeping epic is a magnificent, visually stunning reflection on the turbulent history of Greece in the 20th Century. - Actors:
- Alexandra Aidini, Nikos Poursanidis, Giorgos Armenis, Vasilis Kolovos, Eva Kotamanidou, Toula Stathopoulou, Thalia Argyriou, Smaro Gaitanidou, Mihalis Giannatos, Grigoris Evangelatos, Aliki Kamineli, Amdromachi Chrisomelli, Alex Moukanos, Dimitris Kolovos, Thodoros Teknetzidis, Foulis Boudouroglou, Theofilos Alexopoulos, Than. Alexopoulos, Pas. Karaolanis, Vas. Karaolanis
- Directors:
- Theodoros Angelopoulos
- Producers:
- Theodoros Angelopoulos, Phoebe Economopoulos, Reinhold Elschot, Peter Nadermann, Meinolf Zurhorst
- Writers:
- Theodoros Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra, Petros Markaris, Giorgio Silvagni
- Aka:
- Trilogia: To Livadi Pou Dakryzei
- Studio:
- Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- Top 10 Golden Bear Winners, Top Films
- Countries:
- Greece
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Reviews (1) of Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow
Invited to the Funeral, Not Told Who Died - Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow review by griggs
Some films meet you halfway. This one stands on a distant hill, arms folded, and waits to see if you’re worthy. I admire the nerve of it. I also spent a fair chunk of the evening feeling like I’d been invited to a funeral where nobody tells you who died.
I can’t fault the craft. Angelopoulos stages history like a slow-moving pageant: villages forming, families scattering, crowds shifting across water. The long shots are choreographed with such care that you start reading the horizon the way you’d read dialogue.
The humans inside those beautiful frames often feel sealed behind glass. The story delivers its tragedies right on schedule, but the film holds you at arm’s length, so grief becomes an idea rather than a punch.
I’m glad I watched The Weeping Meadow, but I’m not sure I quite got or felt it.
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