The Beekeeper
1986·Drama·2h 2m
7.1
★
Following the wedding of his daughter, stone-faced beekeeper Spyros makes an annual journey from the north of Greece to the south, traveling along with his hives. En route, he meets an erratic, young female drifter, with whom he strikes up an unusual, self-destructive relationship.
Directed by Theo Angelopoulos
suicide
greece
melancholy
beehive
retirement
nostalgia
wedding
hitchhiking
husband wife estrangement
road movie
Trailer
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Cast
Marcello Mastroianni
Spyros
Nadia Mourouzi
The Girl
Serge Reggiani
Sick Man
Jenny Roussea
Anna
Dinos Iliopoulos
Spyros' Friend
Vasia Panagopoulou
Spyros' Youngest Daughter
Stamatis Gardelis
Mihalis Giannatos
Karyofyllia Karabeti
Spyros' Eldest Daughter
Konstantinos Konstantopoulos
Stefanos
Nikos Kouros
Spyros' Friend
Christoforos Nezer
Crew
Theo Angelopoulos
Director
Theo Angelopoulos
Screenplay
Tonino Guerra
Screenplay
Eleni Karaindrou
Original Music Composer
Giorgos Arvanitis
Director of Photography
Theo Angelopoulos
Producer
Giuseppe Colombo
Producer
Thanasis Arvanitis
Sound Mixer
Popular Reviews
22 reviews
jota florez
✮ Lights, Camera, Action! ✮
The Beekeeper feels like an early version of Eternity and a Day, but it has a completely different aura nonetheless. Here, Angelopoulos uses the intense sexual desire between a man and a girl to highlight their differences in age and maturity. He also uses sexuality as a way to mark how time passes us by. Although one of the themes it addresses is death, I think the main focus is actually the passage of time; the protagonist falls and realizes his age when his daughter gets married. Sometimes we can see what happens to others but not realize that it happens to ourselves too. It is a film with multiple themes but that has great visual beauty, I think it is one of the most beautiful of the Greek filmmaker. It's really difficult for me to explain why it's in my top favorites, but I simply love it, it's a movie that basically went through me.
The Beekeeper feels like an early version of Eternity and a Day, but it has a completely different aura nonetheless. Here, Angelopoulos uses the intense sexual desire between a man and a girl to highlight their differences in age and maturity. He also uses sexuality as a way to mark how time passes us by. Although one of the themes it addresses is death, I think the main focus is actually the passage of time; the protagonist falls and realizes his age when his daughter gets married. Sometimes we can see what happens to others but not realize that it happens to ourselves too. It is a film with multiple themes but that has great visual beauty, I think it is one of the most beautiful of the Greek filmmaker. It's really difficult for me to explain why it's in my top favorites, but I simply love it, it's a movie that basically went through me.
✮ Lights, Camera, Action! ✮
The Beekeeper feels like an early version of Eternity and a Day, but it has a completely different aura nonetheless. Here, Angelopoulos uses the intense sexual desire between a man and a girl to highlight their differences in age and maturity. He also uses sexuality as a way to mark how time passes us by. Although one of the themes it addresses is death, I think the main focus is actually the passage of time; the protagonist falls and realizes his age when his daughter gets married. Sometimes we can see what happens to others but not realize that it happens to ourselves too. It is a film with multiple themes but that has great visual beauty, I think it is one of the most beautiful of the Greek filmmaker. It's really difficult for me to explain why it's in my top favorites, but I simply love it, it's a movie that basically went through me.
The Beekeeper feels like an early version of Eternity and a Day, but it has a completely different aura nonetheless. Here, Angelopoulos uses the intense sexual desire between a man and a girl to highlight their differences in age and maturity. He also uses sexuality as a way to mark how time passes us by. Although one of the themes it addresses is death, I think the main focus is actually the passage of time; the protagonist falls and realizes his age when his daughter gets married. Sometimes we can see what happens to others but not realize that it happens to ourselves too. It is a film with multiple themes but that has great visual beauty, I think it is one of the most beautiful of the Greek filmmaker. It's really difficult for me to explain why it's in my top favorites, but I simply love it, it's a movie that basically went through me.
Ties troost
8.0★ · 03/09/26
I'm gonna Watch the Jason statham beekeeper right after this
I'm gonna Watch the Jason statham beekeeper right after this
mintbanana
6.0★ · 11/21/25
I really thought humanity was some profound, exalted thing
turns out we’re just embarrassingly basic.
turns out we’re just embarrassingly basic.
I really thought humanity was some profound, exalted thing
turns out we’re just embarrassingly basic.
turns out we’re just embarrassingly basic.
Yoavbergel
10.0★ · 10/18/25
A beautiful masterpiece even Ingmar Bergman Agreed with this
A beautiful masterpiece even Ingmar Bergman Agreed with this