Melina Mercouri plays an actress who is attempting a comeback with a staging of Greek tragedy "Medea".Melina Mercouri plays an actress who is attempting a comeback with a staging of Greek tragedy "Medea".Melina Mercouri plays an actress who is attempting a comeback with a staging of Greek tragedy "Medea".
- Awards
- 5 nominations
Storyline
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- TriviaMelina Mercuri's last movie in the big screen in a role of an actress (not as a narrator)
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An actress prepares to perform Medea...
Melina Mercouri plays Maya, a jet-setting Greek actress who returns to her homeland to undertake the role of Medea. Searching for inspiration and clues as to how a mother could kill the children she loves, Maya discovers Brenda (Ellen Burstyn), a bible-spouting American woman serving time in an Athens prison for that very crime. The actress's jail cell meetings with the murderess lead up to the movie's climax -- a gripping, parallel sequence of Maya in rehearsal/performance of the original text in Greek and Brenda's emotional reliving of the horrific night she murdered her babies. This film brings to life the woman-scorned essence and bloody passion at the heart of Medea, awaking a 2,500 year-old classic of dramatic literature.
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- N.L.
- Jun 4, 2000
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- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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