The Travelling Players (1975) O thiasos
The Travelling Players (1975)
DVDRip | MKV | 718x570 | x264 @ 1651 Kbps | 222 min | 2,87 Gb
Audio: Greek AC3 1.0 @ 160 Kbps | Subs (embedded): English, French
Genre: Drama
DVDRip | MKV | 718x570 | x264 @ 1651 Kbps | 222 min | 2,87 Gb
Audio: Greek AC3 1.0 @ 160 Kbps | Subs (embedded): English, French
Genre: Drama
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos
Writer: Theodoros Angelopoulos
Stars: Eva Kotamanidou, Aliki Georgouli, Vangelis Kazan
In 1952 a travelling actor's troupe roams the countryside performing a popular Greek pastoral play, which soon becomes a thinly disguised version of the "Oresteia." At the same time, their performances and lives are constantly interrupted by a year in which there is tremendous political change and they are forced to reflect upon their lives since 1939, the last time their country had a major political upheaval–the eve of entering World War II.
IMDB - 12 wins
O Thiasos is one of those cerebral and omphaloskeptic movies that just do not happen anymore, shamelessly demanding from the viewer to attune to its eccentric pace. Space and time become pawns in the director's hands, who in effect accomplishes their operatic tranquility in contrast to the static directorial style. In rejecting all conventions of academic narrativity it sustains its formulaic enigma throughout its considerable length, persistently (and obsessively) questioning the freedom of man in a world domineered by irreversible occurrences. Boosted equally by grandeur, mystifying symbolism and pictorial lyricism the film comes to its redeeming conclusion. Enchanting, liberating, revolutionary, focused and precise. Both coldly objective and passionately subjective. A rare masterpiece.
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The Travelling Players (1975) O thiasos
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