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The Beekeeper

Original title: O melissokomos
  • 19861986
  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
2.5K
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Marcello Mastroianni in O melissokomos (1986)
  • Drama
A bee keeper, Spiros, travels from the north to the south of Greece with his bees to meet the spring.A bee keeper, Spiros, travels from the north to the south of Greece with his bees to meet the spring.A bee keeper, Spiros, travels from the north to the south of Greece with his bees to meet the spring.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
2.5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Theodoros Angelopoulos
  • Writers
    • Theodoros Angelopoulos
    • Tonino Guerra
    • Dimitris Nollas
  • Stars
    • Marcello Mastroianni
    • Nadia Mourouzi
    • Serge Reggiani
Top credits
  • Director
    • Theodoros Angelopoulos
  • Writers
    • Theodoros Angelopoulos
    • Tonino Guerra
    • Dimitris Nollas
  • Stars
    • Marcello Mastroianni
    • Nadia Mourouzi
    • Serge Reggiani
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    • 14User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Marcello Mastroianni in O melissokomos (1986)
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    Marcello Mastroianni and Jenny Roussea in O melissokomos (1986)
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    Marcello Mastroianni and Theodoros Angelopoulos in O melissokomos (1986)
    Marcello Mastroianni and Theodoros Angelopoulos in O melissokomos (1986)
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    Marcello Mastroianni
    Marcello Mastroianni
    • Spyrosas Spyros
    Nadia Mourouzi
    Nadia Mourouzi
    • The Girlas The Girl
    Serge Reggiani
    Serge Reggiani
    • Sick Manas Sick Man
    Jenny Roussea
    Jenny Roussea
    • Spyros' Wifeas Spyros' Wife
    Dinos Iliopoulos
    Dinos Iliopoulos
    • Spyros' Friendas Spyros' Friend
    Vasia Panagopoulou
    Vasia Panagopoulou
    Iakovos Panotas
    • Solderas Solder…
    Stamatis Gardelis
    Stamatis Gardelis
    Mihalis Giannatos
    Mihalis Giannatos
    Karyofyllia Karabeti
    Karyofyllia Karabeti
    Konstandinos Konstandopoulos
    Konstandinos Konstandopoulos
      Nikos Kouros
      Nikos Kouros
      Christoforos Nezer
      Christoforos Nezer
      Stratos Pahis
      Stratos Pahis
      Dimitris Poulikakos
      Dimitris Poulikakos
      Athinodoros Prousalis
      Athinodoros Prousalis
      Costas Tymvios
      Costas Tymvios
      Dora Volanaki
      Dora Volanaki
      • Director
        • Theodoros Angelopoulos
      • Writers
        • Theodoros Angelopoulos
        • Tonino Guerra
        • Dimitris Nollas
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      Disenchanted with life, stone-faced Spiros, a retired small-town schoolteacher and active beekeeper, finds himself faced with the challenging mission of self-discovery after his daughter's wedding. In search of spring and a temperate climate for his precious bees, Spiros leaves everything behind and embarks on a solitary annual journey to follow the path of the blooming springtime flowers: a tradition passed down from generation to generation. As morose Spiros meanders through the Greek countryside, a chance encounter with a free-spirited, happy-go-lucky female drifter gradually brings to light buried emotions and overpowering feelings. But pretty soon, palpable silence turns into unspoken tension, and bittersweet nostalgia evolves into self-destructive obsession. —Nick Riganas
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      • Trivia
        Marcello Mastroianni delivered his lines in Italian while filming. He then dubbed his own voice into Greek in post-production.
      • Connections
        Featured in To Each His Own Cinema (2007)

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      Top review
      8/10
      "Fly" Alto Anghelopoulos with this painfully twilight and intimist film.
      "Fly" Alto Anghelopoulos with this painfully twilight and intimist film, collaborated by the coarse of the War Tonino poet. A mature mastroianni always convincing and a very young but equally good Nadia Mourouzi who plays the erotic liveliness that fails to affect, if not marginally, the existential indifference of the Melissokomos ". Short but intense appearance of Serge Reggiani. Metaphorical interpreters are also bees, protagonist's life comrades, but inexorable justices in the memorable final scene. Film to be rediscovered!
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      • Release date
        • April 29, 1987 (France)
      • Countries of origin
        • Greece
        • France
        • Italy
      • Languages
        • Greek
        • French
      • Also known as
        • Der Bienenzüchter
      • Filming locations
        • Ioannina, Greece
      • Production companies
        • Greek Film Center
        • Greek Television ET-1
        • Theo Angelopoulos Films
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      • Runtime
        2 hours 2 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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