A contemporary filmmaker, called simply A, returns to his native Greece for a screening of one of his films that is controversial there. He talks to someone who in his youth had been an assistant to Yannakis Manakis, who was then himself an old man exiled in Greece. This person tells A that, just before his death, Yannakis had .. Read more
| Starring | Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern, Erland Josephson, Thanassis Vengos |
|---|---|
| Director | Theo Angelopoulos |
| Genres | Drama |
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A contemporary filmmaker, called simply A, returns to his native Greece for a screening of one of his films that is controversial there. He talks to someone who in his youth had been an assistant to Yannakis Manakis, who was then himself an old man exiled in Greece. This person tells A that, just before his death, Yannakis had rambled on about how he wanted to recover three reels of film that he and his brother had left undeveloped long ago. A himself becomes obsessed with finding these reels, and Ulysses' Gaze is the episodic story of A's journey through the civil-war torn Balkans in search of the film. Then voyage begins...
| Starring | Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern, Erland Josephson, Thanassis Vengos |
|---|---|
| Director | Theo Angelopoulos |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 53 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: Greek, English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1995 To Rent: DVD: not available |
When film-maker A... (Keitel) returns, after 35 years in the US, to his hometown in Greece for a retrospective of his... read more on Time Out
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If you don't see this film I don't think you're missing too much. One could assume Ulysees is galring at the bizarre casting of Harvey Keitel as &#... read more »
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