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Ulysses' Gaze is a 1995 drama film directed by Thodoros Angelopoulos, who also served as producer and co-writer alongside Tonino Guerra and Petros Markaris. The cast includes Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern, Erland Josephson, and Thanasis Veggos. The screenplay is based on the Odyssey, with the narrative set in the 1990s across Romania, Greece, Albania, and Bulgaria. The film explores themes of cinema, the Balkans, cultural identity, and cultural memory.
Produced by Paradis Films, La Générale d'Images, La Sept Cinéma, RAI, and Theo Angelopoulos Films, the movie originated in France, Greece, Italy, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, with additional involvement from Germany and the United Kingdom. Music was composed by Eleni Karaindrou, and photography was handled by Giorgos Arvanitis. The film was released in various formats, including video on demand, and was screened at the 8th European Film Awards.
Critical reception included a review score of 5.1 out of 10 and a 27% rating. It received the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix and the European Film Academy Critics Award, while earning a nomination for the European Film Award for Best Film. The film has a runtime of 169 to 176 minutes and was released in English, Greek, and Bulgarian.
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7.4An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.
Cast
- Harvey Keitel as A
- Erland Josephson as Ivo Levy
- Maia Morgenstern as Ulysses' Wives
- Thanasis Veggos as Taxi Driver
- Giorgos Mihalakopoulos as Nikos
- Dora Volanaki as Old Woman
Themes
- affectation
- balkan war
- film director
- dreary
- arrogant
- complicated
- conceited
- pretentious
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 8th European Film Awards
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Original language
- Bulgarian
- Based on
- Odyssey
- Main subject
- cultural memory
- Director
- Thodoros Angelopoulos
- Screenwriter
- Petros Markaris
- Composer
- Eleni Karaindrou
- Cinematographer
- Giorgos Arvanitis
- Narrative location
- Belgrade
- Duration
- 176
- FilmAffinity ID
- 453833
- Dedicated to
- Manakis brothers
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Sarajevo Siege Gathering Firewood.jpg
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