Anaparastasi (1970)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Theodoros Angelopoulos

Writers:

Theodoros Angelopoulos (writer)
Stratis Karras (co-writer)

Release Date:

6 December 1984 (Hungary)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Awards:

6 wins

Cast

Toula Stathopoulou	...	Eleni
Yannis Totzikas	...	Hristos Gikas
Thanos Grammenos	...	Eleni's Brother
Petros Hoedas	...	Investigator
Mihalis Fotopoulos	...	Kostas Gousis
Yannis Balaskas	...	Police Officer
Nicos Alevras	...	Invenstigator's Assistant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alekos Alexiou
Theodoros Angelopoulos	...	Journalist
Giorgos Arvanitis
Mersoula Kapsali
Adonis Lykouresis	...	Journalist (as Tonis Lykouresis)
Christos Paliyannopoulos	...	Journalist
Telis Samandas

Also Known As:

Αναπαράσταση (Greece)
Reconstruction
Resurrection of a Crime

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Greece

Language:

Greek

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Ioannina, Greece

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Oi diaplekomenoi: (#1.3)" (2000)

An old old story beautifully filmed

This film portrays multiple reconstructions of a domestic crime in a poverty stricken and dying part of rural post war Greece. For the director, portraying the rock strewn environment of a community in decline is a key message, giving us beautiful if somewhat depressing and repetitive images. This is a setting for the crime and subsequent investigation, which is of limited interest. This true story is not an unusual one in life or films/ literature and the multiple reconstructions, very slow pace and banal setting further rob it of dramatic tension. The reconstructions specifically lead to repetition and perhaps some confusion. Characterisation and scenes are well handled, though again tending to follow expected patterns, perhaps precisely because it is based on court transcripts. Overall, critically acclaimed and visually stunning, but you may find it seems rather longer than it actually is.