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Eleni (1985) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
112 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1985 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Peter Yates

Written By:
Nicholas Gage
Steve Tesich

Actors:
Kate Nelligan ..... Eleni
John Malkovich ..... Nicholas 'Nick' Cage
Linda Hunt ..... Katina
Oliver Cotton ..... Katis
Ronald Pickup ..... Spiro
Rosalie Crutchley ..... Grandmother
Glenne Headly ..... Joan
Dimitra Arliss ..... Ana
Steve Plytas ..... Christos
Peter Woodthorpe ..... Grandfather
Jon Rumney ..... Lukas
Alison King ..... Lukas' wife

Synopsis:

Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for this. He wants to know why his mother was killed in the civil war years earlier. In a parallel plot line we see Nick as a young boy and his family as they struggle to survive in the occupied Greek hillside. The plot lines converge as Nick's investigations bring him closer to the answers.

Based on the autobiographical novel by Nicholas Gage, Eleni traces Gage's search for the truth behind the execution of his Greek mother Eleni. John Malkovich plays Gage (herein referred to only as Nick), a New York Times journalist assigned to cover a border war in Albania. Intimately familiar with his beat - it's where he grew up - Nick periodically flashes back to his childhood, and his memories of his late mother Eleni (Kate Nelligan). Not at all concerned with politics, Eleni goes to extreme lengths to shelter her children from the ravages of civil unrest. For attempting to smuggle her kids out of the country, Eleni is arrested and executed. Back in the present, Nick manages to locate local politico Katis (Oliver Cotton), the man who signed Eleni's death warrant. He wangles his way into Katis' confidence, then prepares to kill the man - but he's in for a surprise, and something of an epiphany.

In 1948, after arranging for her children to flee to America to escape the turbulence of the Greek Civil War, Eleni Gage (Kate Nelligan) is executed by the communists occupying her village. Decades later, her son, Nick (John Malkovich), a successful journalist, is made a bureau chief for the New York Times in Athens, Greece. As he remembers his childhood and his mother's courage, Nick gladly returns home to find out who was responsible for her death -- and take revenge.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 25 March, 2024.