Rent The Beekeeper (1986)
3.5 of 5 from 91 ratings
1h 57min
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- Synopsis:
- Distinguished Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos directs the great Marcello Mastroianni in this extraordinary and beautifully photographed tale of self-discovery. Mastroianni plays Spyros, a schoolmaster of late middle-age who is disenchanted and unfulfilled by life. Deciding to undertake a solitary journey to find emerging springtime flowers for his cherished beehives, Spyros encounters a young female hitchhiker with whom he begins to become obsessed. Charged with quiet emotional intensity, The Beekeeper' is a moving and powerful film about a man's struggle to find release from the spectre of the past.
- Actors:
- Marcello Mastroianni, Nadia Mourouzi, Serge Reggiani, Jenny Roussea, Dinos Iliopoulos, Vassia Panagopoulou, Iakovos Panotas, Stamatis Gardelis, Mihalis Giannatos, Karyofyllia Karabeti, Konstandinos Konstandopoulos, Nikos Kouros, Christoforos Nezer, Stratos Pahis, Dimitris Poulikakos, Athinodoros Prousalis, Costas Tymvios, Dora Volanaki, Giannis Zavradinos
- Directors:
- Theodoros Angelopoulos
- Writers:
- Theodoros Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra
- Aka:
- O Melissokomos
- Studio:
- Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 3
- Countries:
- Greece
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Reviews (2) of The Beekeeper
From a bygone era - not in a good way - The Beekeeper review by DJ
An unhappy combination of visually unappealing, tedious and clichéd narrative and some very unpleasant scenes - I wonder why I stuck with it to the end. Actors who failed to project their feelings or the nature of their relationships to the audience, leading to actions without apparent motivation or cause. Some 'sex' scenes that contrived to be, at the same time, pornographic and un-arousing - deeply dubious in a post-#Metoo context. I'd quite like to read the young actor's perspective on the filming of those scenes - might she share have a lot in common with Maria Schneider? Even the beekeeping activity is factually dubious. My advice is don't waste your time
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thought provoking and very sad - The Beekeeper review by pete b
I'd seen this film back in the 80's, and it had stuck in my mind though I subsequently forgot the title/director. Came across the work of Angelopolous when I watched his 'The Weeping Meadow'. Re-watching The Beekeper I found it compelling, Mastroianni is phenomenal in his playing of a desperately sad and unhappy late middle aged chap, for whom life has clearly gone wrong, or he's got wrong. And of course Angelopolous likes the long take, always a winner with me.
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