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The Weeping Meadow

The Weeping Meadow

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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.

Date: 02/20/2004
Rating: 7.6
Cast: 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

Alexandra Aidini as Eleni in The Weeping Meadow Alexandra Aidini

Nikos Poursanidis as Alexis in The Weeping Meadow Nikos Poursanidis

Giorgos Armenis as Nikos in The Weeping Meadow Giorgos Armenis

Vasilis Kolovos as Spyros in The Weeping Meadow Vasilis Kolovos

Eva Kotamanidou as Kassandra in The Weeping Meadow Eva Kotamanidou

Toula Stathopoulou as Woman in the Coffee House in The Weeping Meadow Toula Stathopoulou

Thalia Argyriou as Danai in The Weeping Meadow Thalia Argyriou

Smaro Gaitanidou

Mihalis Giannatos as Zisis in The Weeping Meadow Mihalis Giannatos

Grigoris Evangelatos as Teacher in The Weeping Meadow Grigoris Evangelatos

Aliki Kamineli as  in The Weeping Meadow Aliki Kamineli

Amdromachi Chrisomelli

Alex Moukanos as  in The Weeping Meadow Alex Moukanos

Dimitris Kolovos as  in The Weeping Meadow Dimitris Kolovos

Thodoros Teknetzidis

Foulis Boudouroglou

Theofilos Alexopoulos

Than. Alexopoulos

Pas. Karaolanis

Vas. Karaolanis

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