1986 · road-movie · melancholy · mastroianni
The Beekeeper
Directed by Theo Angelopoulos2h 2m1986
Following the wedding of his daughter, stone-faced beekeeper Spyros makes an annual journey from the north of Greece to the south, traveling along with his hives. En route, he meets an erratic, young female drifter, with whom he strikes up an unusual, self-destructive relationship.
Our read: The Beekeeper (1986) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, inventive road-movie · melancholy · mastroianni entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured road-movie / melancholy, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- intense
- bleak
- signature
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