Topio stin omichli (1988)

Director:

Theodoros Angelopoulos

Writers:

Theodoros Angelopoulos (story)
Tonino Guerra (writer)

Release Date:

10 September 1988 (Greece)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

A voyage of initiation.

Plot:

Road movie about two children (Voula and Alexandre) searching for their father who is supposed to live in Germany...

Plot Keywords:

Children | Road | Germany | Surrogate Father | Mist

Awards:

8 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Michalis Zeke	...	Alexandros
Tania Palaiologou	...	Voula
Stratos Tzortzoglou	...	Orestis
Eva Kotamanidou
Aliki Georgouli
Vassilis Kolovos	...	Truck Driver
Vassilis Bouyiouklakis
Ilias Logothetis	...	Seagull
Vangelis Kazan
Stratos Pahis
Mihalis Giannatos	...	Train Station Guardian
Kiriakos Katrivanos
Grigoris Evangelatos
Giannis Fyrios
Nikos Kouros

Also Known As:

Τοπίο στην ομίχλη (Greece)
Landscape in the Mist
Paesaggio nella nebbia (Italy)
Paysage dans le brouillard (France)
Topio stin omihli (Greece) (alternative transliteration)

Runtime:

USA:127 min

Country:

France | Greece | Italy

Language:

Greek

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-10 | Singapore:PG

Company:

Basic Cinematografica

Pretensious poetic cow flop

The camera never or rarely gets very close to the main characters, an un appealing and nameless brother and sister set who have run away from a perfectly good home in search of their mythical father. There are so many story-o-logical flaws, so many forced moments of leaden poetry. After forty minutes I wanted the kids to die at the hands of a sociopath, any sociopath, then I wanted to have a long talk with the beuracrats of whatever senseless governmental organization that dished up the money for this movie and then strangle them, etc. There are those in the world of legitimate criticism that have praised this film and ranked it among such greats as L'aaventura. HA! Not even close as a crummy carbon copy.