Landscape in the Mist

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Leaburn O @RT35452347 06/28/2025 A solemn almost biblical coming of age tale infused with brutality, dreams, aspirations and familial love. Using a lot of symbolism, it is a beautifully crafted piece of art with a lovely soundtrack. I just found it a bit of an arthouse drag at times. Watched on Internet Archive site. See more William L @RT77267842 12/16/2021 Two very drawn-out, desolate hours feel like wading through tar as Angelopoulos depicts coming-of-age as the bitter loss of innocence. Young siblings Voula and Alexandros have latched onto a grand idea to which they attach their sense of identity and self-worth, the idea that they might one day meet their father, who "lives in Germany." It's an easy concept to love; when someone is known to children only as a concept, there are no gaps in their teeth or wrinkles to their skin. The specifics of their absent father can shift with a whim and be just as real as anything else. The only thing that can change this image of unassailable perfection is reality. Voula and Alexandros set out to find their father, venturing into a world of which they have no knowledge and minimal direction. Their journey finds them encountering others in a similar state - desperately clinging to a reality that may or may not have a basis in reality, but which forms the only solid ground to anchor themselves to. Together they encounter hardship, and the contrast between preserving the comfort of a crafted reality (when it is placed under extreme stress) and seemingly inevitable disillusionment is the film's major conflict. Heavy on the soul-crushing tone, allegory, and beautiful cinematography, it's about as fast-paced as a quadriplegic doing an army crawl and requires a certain mood to stick with to the end, but it's another masterpiece in human behavior from Angelopoulos. (4/5) See more 10/14/2021 Only Angelopoulos and Eleni Karaindrou could have made it. See more 04/27/2019 tremendously beautiful... mesmerising and thought provoking See more S R @ScottR 02/24/2018 1001 movies to see before you die. This had a good premise, but it got lost in the tedious long shots. I wish I could have watched it with 2x the speed. It would have been just as effective. It was a sad story about the harsh realities of strangers. It was on Internet Archive. See more 11/21/2017 What a poetic film! Haunting, touching, artistic. Exceptional direction, combined with magical photography and mesmerizing soundtrack, all gathered in an emotionally enchanting movie, full of metaphors. I thoroughly recommend it to philosophical movie lovers. See more Read all reviews

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