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Marcello Mastroianni, Nadia Mourouzi, Serge Reggiani, Jenny Roussea, Dinos Iliopoulos ... see more see more... , Vassia Panagapoulou , Dimitris Poulikakos , Nikos Kouros , Yannis Zavradinos , Christoforos Nezer

In this compelling drama, Marcello Mastroianni gives a tour-de-force interpretation of a disillusioned middle-aged man, a bee keeper who inherited the passion for his vocation from his father. After w... read more read more...eeping silently at the end of his daughter's wedding ceremony, Spyros (Mastroianni) leaves in his truck to check on his bee hives and in the process gets involved with a winsome young hitchhiker (Nadia Mourouzi). She makes some advances which he immediately rejects, yet it is clear that he is ambivalent about her. Next he pays his respects to the people who have meant something to him in his life: his ex-wife, an old friend, and his daughter. Each time he mysteriously truncates his visit, and the enigma of what lies unsaid deepens after he encounters the hitchhiker again. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

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Unrated, 2 hr. 22 min.

Directed by: Theodoros Angelopoulos

Release Date: January 1, 1986

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  • jimbotender
    December 4, 2008
    jimbotender
    The most accessible Angelopoulos you can reach.A terrific intermezzo sequence in between the laboring of the protagonist and his suppressed sexuality.Memories and evoking scenery,there's certainly a poetic homage to natural distraction.The tumultuous landscape of Greece serves as... read more a paleolithic,facial doorknob.Outcasts are not allowed here.

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Dennis Schwartz
August 8, 2011
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Marcello Mastroianni gives a superb performance. Full Review

Janet Maslin
April 4, 2011
Janet Maslin, New York Times

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