Theo Angelopoulos

Thódoros Angelópoulos (Greek: Θόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος ), more known abroad under the name of Theo Angelopoulos , Greek Cinéaste is a born with Athens the April 27th 1936. After having been critical of films between 1964 and 1967, it turned to the realization of feature-length films.

Biography

After studies of right in its native Greece, Theo Angelopoulos spends the year 1962 to Paris, studying successively with the Sorbonne and IDHEC. Of return to Athens, it is critical cinematographic with the daily newspaper Avgi until the coup d'etat of the Colonels of April 21st, 1967.

After short-measuring Ekpombí , Théo Angelopoulos realizes in 1970 its first length, the Reconstitution , Grand Prix of the Festival of Salonique. The scenario writer leans then on the history of his country with a trilogy begun in 1972 by Jours from 36 , continued three years later with the Voyage of the actors then completed in 1977 by the Hunters .

Works of Théo Angelopoulos, contemplative, are demanding and diverting for the general public. Alexandre Large the , which reports the course of a Greek brigand, gains the Lion of gold in Venice in 1980. Another Lion, from money this time, returns in 1988 to its Paysage in the fog .

In the Nineties, the work of Théo Angelopoulos is recognized with the more high level. Three years after the Glance of Ulysses gained the Grand Prix Cannes festival, the scenario writer sees his Éternité and a day to obtain the Palme of Gold in 1998. He then makes a pause in his course and reconsiders in 2004 with Eléni , first shutter of a trilogy the 20th century by the prism of a history of love.

Catalog of films

1965 : Formix Story
1968 : the Emission ( Η Εκπομπή ), short film
1970: the Reconstitution ( Αναπαράσταση )
1972: Days of 36 ( Μέρες του' 36 )
1975: the Voyage of the actors ( Ο Θίασος )
1977: the Hunters ( Οι Κυνηγοί )
1980: Alexandre Large the ( Ο Μεγαλέξανδρος ), Lion of gold in Venice in 1980)
1983: Athens ( Αθήνα, επιστροφή στην Ακρόπολη )
1984: Voyage in Cythère ( Ταξίδι στα Κύθηρα )
1986: the Bee-keeper ( Ο Μελισσοκόμος )
1988: Landscape in the fog ( Τοπίο στην Ομίχλη )
1991: the Step suspended of the stork ( Το Μετέωρο Βήμα του Πελαργού )
1995: the Glance of Ulysses ( Το Βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα )
1998: Eternity and a day ( Μια Αιωνιότητα και μια Μέρα ), Palm of gold to the Cannes festival
2004: Eléni: the ground which cries ( Τριλογία - Το Λιβάδι που Δακρύζει )
2008: The Dust off Time

See too

Card IMDb
Virtual library devoted to Theo Angelopoulos
Analysis of its work
ONF - Word citizen - Interview with Theo Angelopoulos

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