Our first movie of 2006 was slow, sad, long and beautiful.
Set in Greece in the early 20th century. Weary refugees from Odessa arrive in Greece and set up a small village home. One of the kids is an orphan who falls in love with her brother and then he dad wants to marry her and she flees. The fascists take control from the popular front and war tears the heroes apart. Childhood pregnancy, incest, vengeance, death and twins -- all the Greek tragedy requisites are present and played out in all their glory. Difficult to watch, but visually stunning and emotionally compelling. The horrors that the poor woman protagonist goes through are reminiscent of a Lars von Trier epic.
The Stats:
Really freeking long! (3 hours-ish)
Cast was unknown to me although the lead woman, Alexandra Aidini, did amazingly.
First part in a trilogy
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