The Weeping Meadow

7.9
2004

Genre: Drama , History , Romance

About: The moving picture The Weeping Meadow was first seen in the cinemas in 2004. Categorized as drama, history and romance. will take you a total of minutes of watch time. 123Movies provied links and subtitles where you can watch it in HD for free.

Plot: The first part of an incomplete trilogy telling the story of the greek people. The film begins in 1919, with Greek immigrants from Odessa arriving near Thessaloniki. Led by Spyros, they establish a new settlement in the delta of a river. The youngest of the settlers are Spyros' son Alexis and an orphan from Odessa, Eleni. A strong, almost incestuous affection develops between the teenagers, resulting in twins. Spyros, who seeks Eleni, stands in the way of love, as do circumstances. Throughout the film Angelopoulos looks at the sacrifice of civilians confronted by the workers' demonstrations of 1935, the rule of Metaxas' fascist junta and forced emigration to America, and finally the civil war of 1944-1949. Read More