Ulysses' Gaze (1995)

Original title

Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα

Directed by

Thodoros Angelopoulos

Genre

drama film

Country

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, France, Greece, Italy

Runtime

2h 56m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 124 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A film director travels across the Balkans in search of lost reels of early cinema. His journey mirrors the ancient Greek myth of Odysseus as he confronts the region's turbulent history.

epicmelancholicslow-burnmeditativepoeticbleaknostalgicwandering

What happens

Ulysses' Gaze (Greek: Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα, translit. To Vlemma tou Odyssea) is a 1995 internationally co-produced war drama film directed by Theo Angelopoulos, loosely based on Homer's epic poem Odyssey, and starring Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern and Erland Josephson. The film was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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