The Weeping Meadow

"A beautiful and devastating meditation on war, history and loss."--NEW YORK TIMES The first film in a projected trilogy by acclaimed Greek director Theo Angelopoulos, The Weeping Meadow chronicles Greek history from the close of World War I to the end of World War II. Evoking classical Greek tragedy, the film marks time through a quasi-incestuous triangle between a refugee girl, her adoptive father, and his son. (35mm, 170 mins.)