Voyage to Cythera

  • December 5, 2024 / 19:00

Director: Theo Angelopoulos
Cast: Manos Katrakis, Giulio Broggi, Mary Chronopoulou, Dionyssis Papayannopoulos
Greece, West Germany, Italy, UK, 1984, 138', DCP, color
Greek, English with Turkish, English subtitles

Cythera, in Greek mythology, is the isle of dreams where one can dedicate oneself to happiness (or the pursuit thereof). In this quest within a quest, the tale of the father's return is told as if from the point of view of his son Telemachus and as if Telemachus were a filmmaker, as well as a middle-aged man with a son of his own. A film director, tired of the illusions and fictions of his profession, searches for a story of substance by attaching himself to an old man, a recently returned political exile. The man, away in the Soviet Union for 32 years and now stateless, finds himself at the beginning of a journey, not the end. In this journey to the dark side of Greek history where it crosses paths with myth, Angelopoulos evokes the past, present and future to bridge the gap between reality and the imagination.

The Striker with Number 9

The Striker with Number 9

The Cronos Children

The Cronos Children

The Love of Ulysses

The Love of Ulysses

A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun

The Wretches Are Still Singing

The Wretches Are Still Singing

A Foolish Love

A Foolish Love

Invincible Lovers

Invincible Lovers

Voyage to Cythera

Voyage to Cythera

Angel

Angel

Donousa

Donousa

Quiet Days in August

Quiet Days in August

Life on Sale

Life on Sale

In the Shadow of Fear

In the Shadow of Fear

From the Snow

From the Snow

Lefteris Dimakopoulos

Lefteris Dimakopoulos

Revanche

Revanche

Take Care

Take Care

Mersad Berber

Mersad Berber

Mersad Berber was born in Bosanski Petrovac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, on January 1st. He was the first son of Muhammed Berber and Sadika Berber, a well-known weaver and embroiderer. A year later, the family moved to Banja Luka after the city had suffered damage from the World War II.

Game of Mangala

Game of Mangala

Three figures in Eastern dress are shown in repose against an exotic landscape, smoking pipes and playing mangala. Inventories of the royal collections from 1739 identify the members of this group as the royal eunuch Matthias and two odalisques. 

Symbols

Symbols

Pera Museum’s Cold Front from the Balkans exhibition curated by Ali Akay and Alenka Gregorič brings together contemporary artists from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia.