Ulysses' Gaze

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7.6

27%

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Rated: Unrated

A, a Greek filmmaker living in exile in the United States, returns to his native Ptolemas to attend a special screening of one of his extremely controversial films. But A's real interest lies elsewhere--the mythical reels of the very first film shot by the Manakia brothers, who, at the dawn of the age of cinema, tirelessly criss-crossed the Balkans and, without regard for national and ethnic strife, recorded the region's history and customs. Did these primitive, never-developed images really exist? If so, where are they? - "Why A? It's an alphabetical choice. Every filmmaker remembers the first time he looked through the viewfinder of a camera. It is a moment that is not so much the discovery of cinema--but the discovery of the world. But there comes a moment when the filmmaker begins to doubt his own capacity to see things, when he no longer knows if his gaze is right and innocent." --Theo Angelopoulos

Country:

GreeceFranceItalyGermanyUnited KingdomRomaniaAlbaniaBosnia and Herzegovina

Language:

EnglishGreekBulgarianAlbanianSerbianRomanianKurdishMacedonianGerman

Runtime: 176 min

Awards: 12 wins & 7 nominations total

Box Office: $42,202