DramaHistoryRomance

Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei

2005
★ 7.8 / 10
In 1919, Greek refugees from Odessa settle in a Greek village, where an orphan named Eleni falls into a forbidden romance with her adoptive brother. Her flight from a forced marria...
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Reviews
★★★★★
I think anyone familiar with Angelopoulos knows what to expect with his films: long, drawn out, meticulously planned shots that slowly scan environments, with the image composed of not only the foreground but hundreds of yards into the background. I guess some...
★★★★★
Anytime you sit down to a historical piece, especially a part of a trilogy, you must be prepared for an investment of time. In this case, it is 3 hours more or less, depending on the version. The period that the first part of the Trilogy covers is 1919 -1949....
★★★★★
Most of the story's most significant events are entirely unseen; Angelopoulos seems to be less interested in events than in their aftermath. What we see is not conflict, not love, and not loss, but rather the effects of these things on the people in the story....
★★★★★
Angelopoulos again makes the most of an intellectual way of cinema, which is though full of poetry and with the stain of compassion. History and human relationships are emphasized through the symbolic order of ancient Greek tragedy and that is what makes the f...
★★★★★
What a spectacular film. If you don't have a good 162min free of your time, then make it a priority to change it. This movie was full of sensational scenery and the director had taken a photographer's approach in catching the atmosphere at hand. Coming from a...
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