The Weeping Meadow (2004)
2h 49m
Running Time
February 20, 2004Release Date
The Weeping Meadow (2004)
2h 49m
Running Time
February 20, 2004Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Alexandra Aidini
Eleni
Nikos Poursanidis
Alexis
Giorgos Armenis
Nikos
Vasilis Kolovos
Spyros
Eva Kotamanidou
Kassandra
Toula Stathopoulou
Woman in the Coffee House
Thalia Argyriou
Danai
Smaro Gaitanidou
Mihalis Giannatos
Zisis
Grigoris Evangelatos
Teacher
Aliki Kamineli
Theo Angelopoulos
Director / Writer / Producer
Tonino Guerra
Writer
Petros Markaris
Writer
Giorgio Silvagni
Writer / Co-Producer
Eleni Karaindrou
Original Music Composer
Andreas Sinanos
Director of Photography
Giorgos Triandafyllou
Editor
Harris Papadopoulos
Casting
Kostas Lambropoulos
Production Design
Costas Dimitriadis
Set Decoration
Giorgos Patsas
Set Decoration
Ioulia Stavridou
Costume Design
Meinolf Zurhorst
Producer
Nikos Sekeris
Executive Producer
Amedeo Pagani
Co-Producer
Peter Nadermann
Producer
Jean Labadie
Co-Producer
Kostas Kefalas
Line Producer
Reinhold Elschot
Producer
Phoebe Economopoulos
Associate Producer
Foivi Oikonomopoulou
Executive Producer
Theofilos Alexopoulos
Foulis Boudouroglou
Vas. Karaolanis
Thodoros Teknetzidis
Amdromachi Chrisomelli
Alex Moukanos
Dimitris Kolovos
Than. Alexopoulos
Pas. Karaolanis
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 20, 2004
Original NameΤο Λιβάδι που δακρύζει
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 49m
Box Office$64,424
Genres
Wiki.
Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow (Greek: Τριλογία: Το λιβάδι που δακρύζει) is a 2004 Greek historical drama film written and directed by Theo Angelopoulos. It stars Alexandra Aidini, Thalia Argyriou, Giorgos Armenis, Vasilis Kolovos and Nikos Poursanidis, and was released during the 2004 Berlin International Film Festival on 11 February 2004.It is the first film of a projected trilogy about recent events in Greek history. Followed in 2008 with The Dust of Time, the trilogy was ultimately left incomplete after Angelopoulos' unexpected death in January 2012.
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