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Landscape in the Mist
Why this pick
It shares Angelopoulos’s patient, monumental visual language: a child’s journey unfolds through wintry borders, long takes, quiet encounters, and an aching sense of displacement.
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MOVIE1991 2h 16m FRA
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The Weeping Meadow
Why this pick
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The Turin Horse
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Son of Saul
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Marcello Mastroianni
Missing Politician
Jeanne Moreau
The Woman
Δώρα Χρυσικού
The Girl
Ηλίας Λογοθέτης
Colonel
Gerasimos Skiadaressis
Waiter