The Suspended Step of the Stork (Το Mετέωρο Bήμα Tου Πελαργού), dir. Theo Angelopoulos, Greece 1991, Greek with English subtitles, 143 min
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'If I take one more step, I'm elsewhere'
A deeply affecting meditation on contemporary history in the Balkans, the first part of Angelopoulos's Borders trilogy follows a television journalist who, while interviewing refugees in a border town, stumbles upon a man who may or may not be a famous politician who mysteriously disappeared many years prior.
Drawing once again on the tale of Odysseus and anchored by another enveloping score by Eleni Karaindrou, The Suspended Step of the Stork is a mythical examination of shifting borders and territories, both geographical, cultural, political, and personal.
A deeply affecting meditation on contemporary history in the Balkans, the first part of Angelopoulos's Borders trilogy follows a television journalist who, while interviewing refugees in a border town, stumbles upon a man who may or may not be a famous politician who mysteriously disappeared many years prior.
Drawing once again on the tale of Odysseus and anchored by another enveloping score by Eleni Karaindrou, The Suspended Step of the Stork is a mythical examination of shifting borders and territories, both geographical, cultural, political, and personal.
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06:30 pm
Wed, 19 Nov 2025
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