Greek master filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos’s latest opus, the first in a planned historical triptych that begins in 1919 Odessa and will end in present-day New York, marches out a stunning succession of ...

1919. In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution and the Red Army invasion, the Greek communities of Odessa find themselves forced to flee to their homeland. But against the backdrop of extreme poverty ...

first time i did not sleep during an angelopoulos movie!! excellent music, very good photo, a plot you could easily(?) follow and an extremely nice approach of history and era..a very good movie!!

Theo Angelopoulos has announced that his new film is the first part of a trilogy that will attempt a “poetic summing up of the century that just ended.” Those are some mighty big words, and he’s ...

The Weaping Meadow is the first film of a Trilogy, and is set in Greece between 1919 and 1949. It begins with the entry of the Red Army into Odessa, the flight of the Greek community and the end of ...