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The Weeping Meadow
Drama, History, Romance - 2004
The Weeping Meadow
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7.9
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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...
Director:
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Theo Angelopoulos
Cast:
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Giorgos Armenis
,
Alexandra Aidini
,
Nikos Poursanidis
,
Vasilis Kolovos

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Details

Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
170 min
Release date:
20 Feb 2004
Country:
FR, DE, GR, IT
Languages:
Greek (modern)
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins & 5 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
This is the first of an announced trilogy, but it already feels as long as the 20th century itself.
– Keith Phipps,
AV Club,
26 Sep 2005
fresh:
Churns like classic tragedy while its pace is set by Angelopoulos' trademark, spooky portentousness.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
13 Jan 2006
rotten:
We get a distractingly vapid couple who tend to drain the emotional resonance of these extraordinary, ever-shifting tableaux.
– Ronnie Scheib,
Chicago Reader,
15 Nov 2007
fresh:
It's a typically poetic film, rich in powerful imagery, which sees a bitter personal tragedy unfold against the major events of 20th century Greece.
– Richard James Havis,
Hollywood Reporter,
15 Nov 2007
rotten:
The Weeping Meadow doesn't offer quite enough sugar for its harsh medicine to go down easily.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
15 Nov 2007
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