Based on the autobiographical novel by Nicholas Gage, Eleni traces Gage's search for the truth behind the execution of his Greek mother Eleni. John Malkovich plays Gage (herein referred to only as Nick), a New York Times journalist assigned to cover a border war in Albania. Intimately familiar with his beat--it's where he grew up--Nick periodically flashes back to his childhood, and his memories of his late mother Eleni (Kate Nelligan). Not at all concerned with politics, Eleni goes to extreme lengths to shelter her children from the ravages of civil unrest. For attempting to smuggle her kids out of the country, Eleni is arrested and executed. Back in the present, Nick manages to locate local politico Katis (Oliver Cotton), the man who signed Eleni's death warrant. He wangles his way into Katis' confidence, then prepares to kill the man--but he's in for a surprise, and something of an epiphany. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Rosalie Crutchley - Grandmother; Glenne Headly - Joan; Dimitra Arliss - Ana; Steve Plytas - Old Christos; Stefan Gryff - Tasso; Lisa Jakub - Katis' Granddaughter; Alison King - Lukas's Wife; Andrea Laskari - Nikola; Leon Lissek - Antoni; Alfred Molina - Young Christos; Lisa Rose - Olga; John Rumney - Lukas; Aaron Schwartz - Czech Officer; Anthony Stamboulieh - Minister of Justice; Vic Tablian - Guerrilla; Peter Woodthorpe - Grandfather; Michael Zelniker - Sidney Cohn; Paul L. Smith; Noam Almaz - Katina's Son; Patricia Carroll Brown - Katis' Wife; Maria Calvente - Alexandra; Michael Chesden - Nationalist on Horse; Avril Clark - Woman; John Eastham - Guerrilla; Christiana Fragou - Ana; Claudia Gough - Fotini; Keram Malicki-Sanchez - Nick's Son; Arlene Mazerolle - New York Secretary; Miguel Pedregosa - Officer on Horse; Adrienne Pocock - Nick's Daughter; Theresa Tora - Katis' Daughter; Athena Voyatzis - Athens Secretary; Anhoula Vraka - Glykeria
Credit
Fernando Gonzalez - Art Director, Steve Spence - Art Director, Tom Rand - Costume Designer, Peter Yates - Director, Ray Lovejoy - Editor, Bruce Smeaton - Composer (Music Score), Alan Boyle - Makeup, Angel Luis de Diego - Makeup, Edie Kerschl - Makeup, Ken Lintott - Makeup, Roy Walker - Production Designer, Billy Williams - Cinematographer, Nicholas Gage - Producer, Mark Pick - Producer, Nick Vanoff - Producer, Nigel Wooll - Producer, Martin Atkinson - Set Designer, Jacques Bradette - Set Designer, Tip Tipping - Stunts, Steve Tesich - Screenwriter, Nicholas Gage - Book Author
The film is told in a flashback format with Gage, now living in the United States, returning to his native Greece to solve the mystery of his mother's death when he was a child. The film looks back to the effect of the 1940s Greek Civil War on the remote Greek village of his upbringing, and he investigates what happened to his mother after Communist guerrillas invade the village.
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