Landscape in the Mist (1988)
Road movie about two children (Voula and Alexandre) searching for their father who is supposed to live in Germany. Their obsession for this father figure will take them to the boundaries between childhood and adolescence. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Theodoros Angelopoulos
Written By: Tonino Guerra, Theodoros Angelopoulos
Starring: Vangelis Kazan, Ilias Logothetis, Stratos Tzortzoglou, Eva Kotamanidou, Dimitris Kaberidis, Vasilis Kolovos, Aliki Georgouli, Vassilis Bouyiouklakis, Michalis Zeke, Tania Palaiologou, Kiriakos Katrivanos
Genre: Drama
AKA: Topio stin omichli
Country: France, Greece, Italy
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Landscape in the Mist belongs to 37 collections
1. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (public: moderated by kozan26 - 226 stars)
2. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2008 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 39 stars)
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4. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2012 revision) (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 25 stars)
5. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2017 revision) (public: moderated by iconogassed - 22 stars)
6. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (public: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
7. Humanity and the Natural World (public: moderated by paulofilmo - 18 stars)
8. Best of criticker: Drama (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 17 stars)
9. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2013 revision) (public: moderated by rant1229 - 16 stars)
10. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2011 revision) (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 14 stars)
11. Road Trip (public: moderated by td888 - 12 stars)
12. FIPRESCI Prize (public: moderated by paulofilmo - 12 stars)
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14. European Film Awards: Best Film (public: moderated by CCLZA - 8 stars)
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| Date | User | Rating | |
| Dec 19, 2021 |  |
hisblob | 57 35% |
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it's impossible to watch at 1x, I don't like anyone in it, and they don't do anything useful
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| Apr 01, 2021 | chengming | 75 76% |
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There's a lot of great shots in this one (like A LOT), but I couldn't really connect with them - it felt like the kids' quest was just an excuse for self-serving symbolism (great as that symbolism may be).
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| Jun 26, 2019 |  |
auhasarderik | 6 40% |
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Grandish camerawork; boring, heavy-handed, bloated-infected poetry. Next.
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| Aug 04, 2018 |  |
le mami | 80 81% |
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The story was really lyrical and captured me very badly. Search for an unknown father figure by two children was great and had deeper meaning I suppose. Their confontration with the realities of the life on this journey was poetic but also very realistic. Yet, the scenario felt like sloopy and the most of the music was like a part of a melodrama.
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| Jul 26, 2018 |  |
ott | 87 91% |
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Films like this cut a cross-section in the land and history of Europe. Under the grey dust an archeologist film sees the different layers of generations in Greece and by magic it tries to open us the historical view which couldn't be obtained by pure approach of realism.
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| Mar 12, 2018 |  |
djross | 50 41% |
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Disc conked out after an hour, so make of the score what you will. Road movies are hard to get right. Poetic ones about children on obscure searches are even harder to get right.
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| Jan 24, 2018 | Pratchett3 | 4 10% |
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dry, grey, generally just lacking any genuine emotion or soul. characters were cardboard cutouts speaking in contrived poetics and acting out stiff animatronic tableau rather than actual living people. way up its own ass.
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| Nov 05, 2014 |  |
Neonman | 84 77% |
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A cinematographic wonder with a poetic slant, but is still drenched in dreaded realism. The visuals really do just about most of the storytelling, however its the kids and their rather good acting and their pained journey that grounds this film in a child-like whimsy in the face of the indifferent and monotonous society they find themselves in.
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| Jul 29, 2014 |  |
Rufam | 70 57% |
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A pretentious, heavy-handed, often startlingly beautiful snail of a coming-of-age film. Theo can offer a blinding and imaginative shot the one minute and a pathetic, half-assed symbolism the next (mostly when he resorts to dialogue and his cast -notably Tzortzoglou- is hardly any help). It can be a struggle but there are enough stunners here to leave one in awe despite the boredom and, oh, I upped the rating 5 points for the final shot alone.
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| Dec 15, 2012 |  |
Moribunny | 45 33% |
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I found this to be "heavy handed" in more than just the literal sense. Angelopoulos is a master of the slow tempo, I'll give him that. He makes space seem full. Full of what, though? An unaccomplished Tonino Guerra script serves only as a giveaway of the director's aspirations. He tries to be a touch fantastic like Fellini, use long uninterrupted shots like Tarkovsky and big, ominous symbolistic sceneries like Antonioni, but the sources do it better. The story, like the music, is kind of sappy.
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| Jul 31, 2012 |  |
mightysparks | 65 80% |
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I actually quite liked it, but I couldn't get overly involved in it. I think the problem is with the characters, as they weren't very well developed or interesting. I did like everything else, but the lack of connection with the characters prevented it all from working as well as it should. I have a feeling I'd like it more on a rewatch or at another time, so I may try it again in a few years.
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| May 22, 2012 |  |
fellasleep | 90 42% |
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the prodigal father kicks again
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| Dec 02, 2011 | theyshoot11 | 59 18% |
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#824
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| Mar 14, 2011 |  |
MartinTeller | 92 96% |
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A poetic exploration of lost souls searching for answers, richly poetic and deeply symbolic, with gorgeous moments of magic realism and heartbreaking episodes of cruelty. I admit the meaning of some scenes eluded me, but each one is rewarding in some way. Angelopoulos uses performance, music, environment and framing to craft tableaus that seem to stir a deep yearning, or crushing sadness. I got a strong Antonioni vibe from it, perhaps closest to Red Desert and its haunting industrial vistas.
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| Sep 11, 2009 |  |
cloak | 56 49% |
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Angelopoulos' most overwrought work.
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| Dec 19, 2008 | theyshoot08 | 65 30% |
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| Mar 02, 2008 | theyshoot07 | 65 44% |
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# 695
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| Average Percentile 73.25% from 523 Ratings |  |