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The suspended step of the stork streaming

Original title: Το μετέωρο βήμα του πελαργού

1991 Movie Italy, France, Switzerland, Greece Drama, Romance 136 min Ages 12+

By: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Theo Angelopoulos With: Gregory Patrick Karr, Jeanne Moreau, Marcello Mastroianni

Alexandre, a TV reporter, is working for a few days in a border town, where a lot of refugees from Albania, Turkey and Kurdistan are packed in. Among them, he notices an old man and thinks he is an important Greek politician who disappeared mysteriously a few years ago. Back in Athens, he asks this politician's former wife to come and identify him. A slow and dry meditation about inhumanity of borders.

Filmium rating

75%

Festival Achievements

Rotterdam International Film Festival 1992

Selections:

IFFR Selection

Festival de Cannes 1991

Nominations:

In Competition - Feature films

Mood

Melancholic

Reflective

Serious

Thoughtful

Cast & Crew

Theo Angelopoulos

Theodoros Angelopoulos

Petros Markaris

Tonino Guerra

Jeanne Moreau

Gregory Patrick Karr

Marcello Mastroianni

Cinematic Technique

Immersive

Long Takes

Minimal Editing

Slow-Paced

Visual Storytelling

Film Movements

Greek New Wave

Narrative Structure

Episodic

Nonlinear

Pace

Deliberate

Meditative

Slow-Paced

Soundtrack

Ambient Music

Style

Cinematic

Non-Linear

Poetic

Surreal

Time-Period

1990S

Central Conflict

Border Tensions

Politician'S Disappearance

Characters

Disappeared Politician

Journalist

Woman

Ending

Ambiguous

Poignant

Historical Context

Post-Cold War Greece

Key Plot Points

Border Crossing

Mysterious Disappearance

Surreal Wedding

Plot

Absence

Border Town

Disappearance Of Politician

Divided Town

Identity

Political Turmoil

Setting

Border Town

Contemporary Greece

Greek Landscape

Political Landscape

Urban Environment

Shooting Location

Greek Border Town

Theme

Border Politics

Disappearance

Identity

Loss

Political Impact

Genre

Art House

Art-House

Drama

Political

Audiences

Adult

Adults

Art House

Art-House Enthusiasts

Cinephile

Political Drama

Titles

Der schwebende Schritt des Storchs

Le pas suspendu de la cigogne

Storkens nølende steg

The suspended step of the stork

To meteoro vima tou pelargou

Μετέωρο βήμα του πελαργού, Το

Το μετέωρο βήμα του πελαργού

Reception

Artistic Acclaim

Cannes Film Festival

Critical Recognition

Production Countries

Greece

Release Year

1991

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