Painting the past with the most beautiful of imagery, master filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos’ Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow is a story of exile in which 20th-century Greek history mirrors that of classical Greek tragedy. The film begins in 1919, after the Red Army’s invasion of Odessa, and follows the main character, Eleni, as she faces life and war, her saga echoing that of her country’s mythological heroes. An elegiac study of the human condition, Trilogy is saturated with stunning long takes that highlight the expansive panoramic wilderness as a backdrop to Eleni’s life. 2004, Greece, color, 35mm, in Greek with English subtitles, 170 minutes.
