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Ulysses' Gaze

1995 · 2h 49m · Unrated Drama, History, War
Directed by Theo Angelopoulos

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Overview

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.

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All reviews
27%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Magisterially filmed, this movie demands at almost every instant to be regarded as a masterpiece, though for me it's too full of itself and its own virtue. Still, I can't deny it's an experience worth having.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh

Constructed from long elegant takes, and moving fluidly between naturalism and tableaux-like theatricality, it's a mesmerising work of arresting beauty and impressive emotional power.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh

The overall effect is genuinely entrancing, with a sense of tragic inevitability that gives meaning to the film's maddeningly attenuated rhythms.

Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten

This grim travelogue through a landscape of despair lacks internal power. It feels labored and portentous.

Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten

What arrogance and self-importance this film reveals.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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