The Weeping Meadow (Theo Angelopoulos - music by Eleni Karaindrou)

The first in a projected trilogy by the Greek director Theo Angelopoulos, “The Weeping Meadow“ tells the story of Greek history from the close of World War I to the aftermath of World War II, not in broad, historic strokes, but through the sufferings of one emblematic, almost mythical family. But history is not the final point. This film contains scenes of striking beauty and poetry such as I have hardly ever seen. One wonders over and over how these scenes were created and photographed. It is awe inspiring