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Alexandre, a TV reporter, is working for a few days in a border town, where a lot of refugees from Albania, Turkey and Kurdistan are packed in. Among them, he notices an old man and thinks he his an important greek politician who disappeared misteriously a few years ago. Back in Athens, he asks this politician's former wife to come and identify him. A slow and dry meditation about inhumanity of borders.

Genres: Drama, Romance

Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau

Released: January 1, 1991

Runtime: 143.0

Popularity Rating: 0.587

Arena Films, Canal+, Departement Federal de l'Interieur, Erre Produzioni, ERTI, Eurimages, Greek Film Center, Greek Television ET-1, La Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication, Rai 2, Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft (SRG), Th. Angelopoulos Productions, Vega Film

France, Greece, Italy, Switzerland

Missing Politician Marcello Mastroianni
The Woman Jeanne Moreau
Colonel Ilias Logothetis
The Girl Dora Hrisikou
Chief Photographer Dimitris Poulikakos
Waiter Gerasimos Skiadaressis
Shopkeeper Mihalis Giannatos
Parliament's President Christoforos Nezer
Alexandre's Friend Nadia Mourouzi

Art — Art Direction: Mikes Karapiperis
Art — Production Design: Robert Boyle
Camera — Director of Photography: Andreas Sinanos
Camera — Director of Photography: Giorgos Arvanitis
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Giorgos Patsas
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Rita Riggs
Directing — Director: Theo Angelopoulos
Editing — Editor: Yannis Tsitsopoulos
Production — Producer: Bruno Pesery
Production — Producer: Theo Angelopoulos
Sound — Music: Eleni Karaindrou
Sound — Sound Designer: Marinos Athanasopoulos
Writing — Writer: Petros Markaris
Writing — Writer: Thanassis Valtinos
Writing — Writer: Theo Angelopoulos
Writing — Writer: Tonino Guerra