Eleni (film)
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| Eleni | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Peter Yates |
| Written by | Nicholas Gage Steve Tesich |
| Produced by | Nicholas Gage Mark Pick Nick Vanoff Nigel Wooll (associate producer) |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Billy Williams |
| Edited by | Ray Lovejoy |
| Music by | Bruce Smeaton |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 114 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12 million[1] |
| Box office | $305,102 |
Eleni is the 1985 film adaptation of the memoir Eleni by Greek-American journalist Nicholas Gage. Directed by Peter Yates with a screenplay by Steve Tesich, the film stars John Malkovich, Kate Nelligan, Linda Hunt and Glenne Headly.
Plot
[edit]The film is told in a flashback format with Gage, now living in the United States, returning to his native Greece to solve the mystery of his mother's death when he was a child. The film looks back to the effect of the 1940s Greek Civil War in Lia – the remote Greek village of Gage's upbringing in the northwestern Greek region of Epirus; and in particular, the murder of his mother by communist guerrillas of the Democratic Army of Greece (ΔΣΕ).
Cast
[edit]- Kate Nelligan as Eleni Gatzoyiannis
- John Malkovich as Nicholas Gage
- Linda Hunt as Katina
- Oliver Cotton as Katis
- Ronald Pickup as Spiro Skevis
- Rosalie Crutchley as Grandmother
- Glenne Headly as Joan Gage
- Dimitra Arliss as Ana
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Eleni at IMDb
- Eleni at AllMovie
- Eleni at Box Office Mojo
- Eleni at Rotten Tomatoes
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