the first stop for film and moving image in cornwall and the south west

cert PG, 162 minutes.

£ 5.00

director: Theo Angelopoulos

with Alexandra Aidini, Nikos Poursanidis, Giorgos Armenis, Vassilis Kolovos

Friday 12, Sunday  14, Tuesday 16, Thursday 18 August 17.00
Saturday 13, Monday 15, Wednesday 17 August 19.45

This is the epic first instalment of Greek maestro Angelopoulos’s projected trilogy about the 20th century and its legacy, which centres o­n the experiences of a Greek woman, Elini. This is a world similar to that of Greek tragedy, where a single fault sets in motion a chain of events to which the central character can o­nly react.

“Gloriously uncompromising in its devotion to a notion of cinema as poetry. Treat yourself to something truly different, and go with the flow” Time Out

“At a time when such work is hard to finance, let us hope that the money will be forthcoming for parts two and three. With Satyajit Ray and Kurosawa dead and Jancso marginalized, there is simply no o­ne else doing this kind of work” Sight and Sound 
 

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