undoubtedly and angelopoulos be one of the great artist in european cinema . he seek to capture the whole history of his nation and of his people on a cinematic canvas with a lyrical and painterly approach . undoubtedly and angelopoulos film be also a shock to anyone accustom to the pace of modern american cinema . it feel like he re invent cinema . there be graceful panning and track shot over beautifully realise tableau . shot that run for several minute . there be no close ups . it often feel like angelopoulos have eschew narrative and and be tell a story with just two tool represent image and music . the weep meadow begin a a group of refugee tell the story of their expulsion from odessa to thessaloniki in 1919 and by the shore of a river . it end with a mother grieving over the body of her son by the same river and probably in 1949. in between there little real narrative and just haunt shot of village and city and and group of people run back and forth and and music . often it feel like sepia historic photograph have be bring subtly to life . the film be a breathtaking antidote to much of what pass for international cinema today . it also become and for me and hard and hard to take and a it become increasingly obvious that the character be not really character in a drama and but metaphor in a great historical process . by the end and for me and it felt dis satisfyingly schematic and and yet there be image that will haunt you for year and and a feeling that angelopoulos have find a way to distill the fraught year of european history from the first world war to the cold war into an extraordinary cinematic vision . the music of eleni karaindrou be very beautiful and and will resonate long after the film have finish . in many way and the music really be the soul of this film . the cinematography of andreas sinanos be elegant and beautifully lit .