The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
19 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter YatesDirector
- Steve TesichScreenplay
- Bruce SmeatonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kate NelliganEleni
- John MalkovichNicholas 'Nick' Gage
- Linda HuntKatina
- Oliver CottonKatis
- Ronald PickupSpiro
- Rosalie CrutchleyGrandmother
- Glenne HeadlyJoan
- Dimitra ArlissAna (Czechoslovakia)
- Steve PlytasChristos
- Lisa JakubKatis' Granddaughter
Stills
Themes
civil wargreece