The Beekeeper (1986)
- Original title
- Ο Μελισσοκόμος
- Directed by
- Thodoros Angelopoulos
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France, Greece, Italy
- Runtime
- 2h 02m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 72 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A retired beekeeper travels across Greece, revisiting past relationships and confronting his sense of isolation. The film quietly observes his encounters and the gradual unraveling of his life.
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What happens
The Beekeeper (Greek: Ο Μελισσοκόμος, translit. O Melissokomos) is a 1986 Greek drama art film directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos. The film is the second installment in Angelopoulos's "trilogy of silence", preceded by Voyage to Cythera and followed by Landscape in the Mist. Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman hailed The Beekeeper as a "masterpiece". The Beekeeper was selected for the 43rd Venice International Film Festival. The film was the first of Angelopoulos's to use an already well-known actor, in this case, Marcello Mastroianni, who by that time had already won the Best Actor award at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival once and had been nominated twice for the Best Actor at the 35th Academy Awards and the 50th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Father and Son (1986)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.