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O melissokomos (1986)

122 min  -  Drama  -   18 December 1987 (Finland)
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A bee keeper, Spiros, travels from the north to the south of Greece with his bees to meet the spring.

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Cast

Credited cast:
Marcello Mastroianni ...
Spyros
Nadia Mourouzi ...
The Girl
Serge Reggiani ...
Sick Man
Jenny Roussea Jenny Roussea ...
Spyros' Wife
Dinos Iliopoulos Dinos Iliopoulos ...
Spyros' Friend
Vassia Panagopoulou Vassia Panagopoulou
Iakovos Panotas Iakovos Panotas ...
Solder / The Girl / Side Boyfriend
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stamatis Gardelis Stamatis Gardelis
Mihalis Giannatos Mihalis Giannatos
Karyofyllia Karabeti Karyofyllia Karabeti
Konstandinos Konstandopoulos Konstandinos Konstandopoulos
Nikos Kouros Nikos Kouros
Christoforos Nezer Christoforos Nezer
Stratos Pahis Stratos Pahis
Dimitris Poulikakos Dimitris Poulikakos
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Storyline

Spiros retires as a schoolteacher, his daughter is married, and he starts his annual journey with his bees to get honey from different areas. In his truck he finds a young girl who has just been abandoned and has no roots. Spiros lets her follow for a day. Seeing her difficulty in getting further hitch-hiking, he takes her back. They will meet and part several times. Later she will say that Spiros is the only one who has ever been kind to her. But his emotions are so restrained that he cannot show anything until a volcanic eruption breaks through. He does not seek serious contact until the eruption makes him drive the car right through the glass wall of the café in which the girl is sitting. She immediately follows him. But after this criminal event they can no longer live at hotels. From the beginning she was willing to sleep with him. But when he finally kisses her, her justified... Written by Max Scharnberg, Stockholm, Sweden  

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Genres:

Drama

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Country:

Greece | France | Italy

Language:

Greek | French

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Ο Μελισσοκόμος See more »

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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Part II of "A Trilogy of Silence". See more »

Connections

Referenced in To Each His Own Cinema (2007) See more »