The Weeping Meadow Trilogy DVD

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Weeping Meadow is the first film in Theo Angelopoulos& & Trilogy& that tells of the fate of the Greek people through the relationship between two refugees
- a relationship that spans the 20th century all the way to the early 21st The story begins in 1919 with Greek refugees from Odessa arriving somewhere near Thessaloniki Among these settlers are Spyros; his wife Danae & their 11-year old son Alexis Also under the families guidence is Eleni a young orphan who is the same age as Alexis Years later & Spyros& family are prospering but Eleni has fallen pregnant by Alexis resulting in twin babies Yannis & Yorgis Forced to birth the children in secret she passes them on for adoption When Spyros& wife dies he becomes obsessed with Eleni & their marriage is arranged However Eleni flees with Alexis & they flee from Spyros But the vengeful Spyros is determined to track them down Angelopoulos& sweeping epic is a magnificent visually stunning reflection on the turbulent history of Greece in the 20th century Actors Alexandra Aidini Nikos Poursadinis Giorgos Armenis Vassilis Kolovos Toula Stathopoulou Thalia Argiriou Grigoris Evangelatos Eva Kotamanidou Michael Yannatos & Aliki Kamineli Director Theo Angelopoulos Certificate PGYear 2003 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages Greek
- Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Subtitles English Duration 2 hours & 42 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players