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The Reconstruction (1970 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Reconstruction' is a 1970 Greek dramatic black and white independent art film directed by Theo Angelopoulos. It is the director's first feature film. While based on true events, it transcends them to recall the ancient myths of the Atrides and Clytemnestra.
In 1986, the Greek Film Critics Association named it the third-best Greek film in history.
Synopsis
In a remote village in Epirus, a woman murders her husband, who had just returned from Germany, where he had gone to work, with the help of her lover. The crime is never shown on screen. The main characters (judge, policemen, journalists) try to reconstruct and understand a news item that escapes them.
Technical information
*Title: '' (tr. 'Anaparastasi')
*Directed by: Theo Angelopoulos
*Script: Theo Angelopoulos, Stratis Karras, and, Thanassis Valtinos
*Cinematography: Giorgos Arvanitis
*Art Department: Mikes Karapiperis
*Sound: Thanassis Arvanitis
*Editing: Takis Davlopoulos
*Production Manager: Christos Papayannopoulos
*Country of origin: Greece
*Format: Black and white Mono 35 mm
*Genre: Drama
*Duration: 100 Minutes
*Release date: 24 September 1970 (Thessaloniki Festival of Greek Cinema)
Cast
*Toula Stathopoulou: Eleni Gousis
*Yannis Totsikas: Ranger Hristos Gikas
*Thanos Grammenos: Eleni's Brother
*Petros Hoedas: Investigator
*Mihalis Fotopoulos: Eleni's Husband Kostas Gousis
*Yannis Balaskas: Police Officer
*Nicos Alevras: Investigator's Assistant
*Alekos Alexiou: Police Officer
*Theo Angelopoulos, Christos Paliyannopoulos, Telis Samandas, Panos Papadopoulos, Adonis Lykouresis, Giorgos Arvanitis, Mersoula Kapsali: Journalists
Awards
It was awarded Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography at the Thessaloniki Festival of Greek Cinema in 1970, as well as Best Foreign Film at the Hyres Festival, International Federation of Film Critics Special Mention at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival and Prix Georges-Sadoul in 1971.
References
Bibliography
*Michel Demopoulos, directeur de publication, 'Le Cinma grec' ['Greek Cinema'], Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, collection cinma/pluriel, 1995, 263 pages, .
*Vrasidas Karalis, 'A History of Greek Cinema', New York, New York and London, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2012, 344 pages, .
*Sylvie Rollet, directeur de publication (prface: Theo Angelopoulos), 'Thorme 9: Tho Angelopoulos au fil du temps' ['Theo Angelopoulos over the Course of Time'], Paris, Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, 2007, 189 pages, .
*Stphane Sawas, Grce (19671974) Les crans grecs sous la dictature des colonels: la grande rupture, [Greece (19671974) Greek Screens Under the Dictatorship of the Colonels: The Great Break] dans Raphal Muller et Thomas Wieder, directeurs de publication, 'Cinma et rgimes autoritaires au xxe sicle: crans sous influence' ['Cinema and Authoritarian Regimes in the Twentieth Century: Screens Under Influence'], Paris, ditions cole Normale Suprieure rue d'Ulm et Presses Universitaires de France, collection Les rencontres de Normale Sup', 2008, 285 pages, .
*Stphane Sawas, Entre amnsie collective et mmoire retrouve: La guerre civile grecque au cinma, [Between Collective Amnesia and Rediscovered Memory: The Greek Civil War in Cinema] dans Carola Hhnel-Mesnard, Marie Linard-Yeterian, et Cristina Marinas, directeurs de publication, 'Culture et mmoire: Reprsentations contemporaines de la mmoire dans les espaces mmoriels, les arts du visuel, la littrature et le thtre' ['Culture and Memory: Contemporary Representations of Memory in Memorial Spaces, Visual Arts, Literature and Theater'], Paris, ditions de l'cole Polytechnique et ditions Ellipses, 2008, 534 pages, .
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