The Suspended Step of The Stork

– Alexandre, a TV reporter, is working for a few days in a border town, where a lot of refugees from A..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.50 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 23 Minutes
Release Year:
1991
Original Name:
Το μετέωρο βήμα του πελαργού
The Suspended Step of the Stork (1991) - Also known as Το μετέωρο βήμα του πελαργού

Alexandre, a TV reporter, is working for a few days in a border town, where a lot of refugees from Albania, Turkey and Kurdistan are packed in. Among them, he notices an old man and thinks he is an important Greek politician who disappeared mysteriously a few years ago. Back in Athens, he asks this politician's former wife to come and identify him. A slow and dry meditation about inhumanity of borders.

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Release Date:

04 Dec 1991

Language:

French, English, Greek

Director:

Theodoros Angelopoulos

Writer:

Theodoros Angelopoulos (idea), Theodoros Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra, Petros Markaris, Thanassis Valtinos

Main Actors:

Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Gregory Patrick Karr, Ilias Logothetis

Plot:

Alexandre, a TV reporter, is working for a few days in a border town, where a lot of refugees from Albania, Turkey and Kurdistan are packed in. Among them, he notices an old man and thinks he is an important Greek politician who disappeared mysteriously a few years ago. Back in Athens, he asks this politician's former wife to come and identify him. A slow and dry meditation about inhumanity of borders.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.6/10