Description
Coming home can be a difficult experience. You can be forced into exile and no longer be able or willing to return home. You can return to find that your home is not what you have hoped to find, not what your memory has held. Voyage to Cythera tells the story of Odysseus, a communist who returns to his native land after thirty years. He walks through places that are haunted, trying to reconcile the experiences of a past, forgotten, dusty life with reality.
About the director:
Theo Angelopoulos
Greek filmmaker and critic, who began his career in the late 1960s. He studied law in Athens before moving to Paris to study film at the Sorbonne and IDHEC (now La Fémis). A frequent participant and award-winner at the Thessaloniki and Cannes Film Festivals, he received the Palme d’Or for Eternity and a Day (1998). He was known for creating monumental political films about modern Greece, with a style characterized by muted narration pace and long takes. He frequently collaborated with screenwriter Tonino Guerra, cinematographer Giorgos Arvanitis, and composer Eleni Karaindrou. Angelopoulos died in an accident while shooting his film.