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Director:
Peter Yates
Writers:
Nicholas Gage (book)
Steve Tesich (writer)
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Release Date:
21 December 1985 (Japan) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
Plot:
Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for this... more | add synopsis
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It's about motherhood, not ideology. more (23 total)

Cast

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Kate Nelligan ... Eleni

John Malkovich ... Nicholas 'Nick' Gage

Linda Hunt ... Katina
Oliver Cotton ... Katis
Ronald Pickup ... Spiro
Rosalie Crutchley ... Grandmother

Glenne Headly ... Joan
Dimitra Arliss ... Ana
Steve Plytas ... Christos
Peter Woodthorpe ... Grandfather
Jon Rumney ... Lukas
Alison King ... Lukas' Wife
Leon Lissek ... Antoni
Stefan Gryff ... Tasso
Andrea Laskari ... Nikola
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Runtime:
114 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Australia:PG | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
Canada more
Company:
CBS Entertainment Production more

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In the book, Nicholas wanted to kill the man who had his mother sentenced to death. He actually visited the now-elderly man, as seen in the movie, and was about to kill him, but as the real Nick wrote, '...the logical part of my mind told me there was only one road leading [in and] out of town.' So, instead of killing him, Nick spat on his face. He adds, 'In Greece, to spit on someone is the worst possible insult.' He left the house. Later, after a few months or so, Nick again tracked down the man who was vacationing in a city and entered the place and crept into the bedroom to kill him. However, after thinking about it, he changed his mind and left - this time for good. more

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13 out of 20 people found the following review useful.
It's about motherhood, not ideology., 18 August 2001
Author: Mag-13 from northern Virginia

Other people commenting on this film complain about its being mere propaganda against communism and supporting fascism. What a lot of baloney. It's about mothers and children, and about how, no matter what kind of brawl is going on, the men run to the hills, leaving the women and children behind to be brutalized. And it's about how one woman lost her life because she refused to give her children up to the state, no matter who that state was.

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