Eleni
1985 · 114 min
Directed by Peter Yates. Written by Nicholas Gage, Steve Tesich. Starring Kate Nelligan, John Malkovich, Linda Hunt, Oliver Cotton.
Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for this. He wants to know why his mother was killed in the civil war years earlier. In a parallel plot line we see Nick as a young boy and his family as they struggle to survive in the occupied Greek hillside. The plot lines converge as Nick's investigations bring him closer to the answers.
Critics 83% · audiences 76%