Top billed cast

1. 

   Harvey Keitel

   A

2. 

   Erland Josephson

   Ivo Levy

3. 

   Maia Morgenstern

   Ulysses' Wives

4. 

   Thanasis Veggos

   Taxi Driver

5. 

   Giorgos Mihalakopoulos

   Nikos

6. 

   Dora Volanaki

   Old Woman

7. 

   Mania Papadimitriou

   Mother

8. 

   Giorgos Konstas

   Father

9. 

   Thanos Grammenos

   Manakias' Assistant

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Reviews

A review by deepkino

Written by deepkino on 2025-10-11

This is a journey film—both internal and external—set across Albania, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Greece. The story follows a director on a quest to find the lost film by the Manakis brothers, purported to be Greece's first motion picture. However, his search leads him not to a cinematic treasure, but to the slow death agony of the Balkans themselves. His journey culminates not in discovery, but in depression, pain, and a profound sense of defeat—a feeling powerfully symbolized by the recurring image of a fragmented statue of Lenin.

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Status
Released

Original Language
Greek

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• affectation
• balkan war
• film director
• dreary
• arrogant
• complicated
• conceited
• pretentious