The Beekeeper

The Beekeeper

1987 · 122 min · EL · 7.1 (49 votes)
Dir. Theo Angelopoulos · Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Nadia Mourouzi, Serge Reggiani, Jenny Roussea, Dinos Iliopoulos, Vasia Panagopoulou · Music Eleni Karaindrou
Drama

Feeling himself an outsider in contemporary Greece, a schoolteacher Spyros leaves his job and family to return to his hometown, where he intends to take up the occupation of his ancestors as a beekeeper. Over the course of his road trip he visits the sites and friends of his childhood, hoping to gather the pollen of his past, but instead meets and becomes obsessed with a young hitchhiker who represents the empty hedonism of the present.

VIBE

A quiet, introspective journey through fading memories and the ache of a life unfulfilled. It's a film that lingers, like the scent of honey on a warm breeze, exploring the bittersweet pull of the past.

melancholicnostalgicwistfulcontemplativeslow-burnarthouse dramaroad moviecharacter studyretirementnostalgiaidentityloss
suicidegreecemelancholybeehiveretirementnostalgiaweddinghitchhikinghusband wife estrangementroad movie
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