In 1919, Greek refugees from Odessa arrive in Greece, among them Spyros; his wife, Danae (Thalia Argyriou); their son; and a younger orphan girl called Eleni. They are given land beside a river and build a village. Some years later, Spyros is prospering but Eleni, who has become pregnant by Spyros’ son, returns after a secret birth. Her twin babies, Yorgis and Yannis, have been adopted. When Danae dies shortly afterwards, Spyros becomes obsessed with Eleni and a marriage is arranged. But Eleni flees the ceremony with Spyros’ son and, with the help of travelling musicians led by violinist Nikos, they flee to Thessaloniki.The Weeping Meadow 2004 full Movie Download,
Pursued by a vengeful Spyros, they later move to the musicians’ hang-out. Spyros’ son proves to be a gifted accordionist, but Nikos and his group find it hard to get work. Eleni and Spyros’ son, meanwhile, are reunited with Yorgis and Yannis. In 1936, aligning themselves with the Popular Front, the musicians play at a dance. Spyros appears once more, but dies of a heart attack.The Weeping Meadow 2004 full Movie Download.
The Popular Front is crushed, the fascists begin to take control, Nikos is killed and Spyros’ son accepts an offer from another band leader to tour America. Alone with her sons, Eleni is arrested for political reasons and spends the war years in jail. Freed in 1946, she learns that Spyros’ son, who joined the army to get US citizenship and so be able to send for his family, died in the final days of the war in the Pacific. Taken in by fellow villagers ashamed by how they once treated her, Eleni learns that her two sons, fighting on different sides in the civil war, are both dead. In 1949, finding Yorgis’ body in her childhood home, now a ruin in the submerged village, Eleni gives in to her grief.The film revives themes of Angelopoulos’ 1975 film The Travelling Players,[10] and its events span from 1919 to the aftermath of World War II.[11] It tells the story of Greek history through the sufferings of one family.[3] A band of refugees that returns to Greece after the Russian Revolution adopts an orphaned girl, Eleni (Alexandra Aidini).[4] Eleni becomes the focus of the story.