Reconstruction
1970·Crime·1h 40m
7.1
★
An immigrant returns to his village after many years, only to find that no one is waiting for him. When his wife and her lover murder him, an investigator attempts to reconstruct the crime, while a film crew documents the event.
Directed by Theo Angelopoulos
infidelity
mountain village
murder
strangulation
brechtian
IMDB
N/A
Cast
Toula Stathopoulou
Eleni
Yannis Totsikas
Hristos Gikas
Thanos Grammenos
Eleni's Brother
Mihalis Fotopoulos
Kostas Gousis
Theo Angelopoulos
Journalist (uncredited)
Giorgos Arvanitis
(uncredited)
Crew
Theo Angelopoulos
Director
Thanasis Valtinos
Writer
Theo Angelopoulos
Screenplay
Giorgos Arvanitis
Director of Photography
Thanasis Arvanitis
Sound Editor
Popular Reviews
14 reviews
Santiago Garza
10.0★ · 01/04/26
The first feature-length film by filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos. A filmmaker who has really caught my attention ever since I started watching art-house cinema. Before turning 16, I set myself the task of getting to know, and by getting to know I mean watching their work, filmmakers who have been fundamental in the history of cinema. Today I decided to start with Theo Angelopoulos. Finding this film was not easy at all, thank God someone uploaded it to YouTube with Spanish subtitles.
For a debut feature, this is incredible, a work that could easily be considered one of the greatest films ever made. Obviously, it has one or two things that keep it from being a perfect 100, but that does not take away from the merit of this great work. Anaparastasi is one of those films that will stay in your memory long after you have seen it. Every second spent searching for this film was worth it.
98/100
For a debut feature, this is incredible, a work that could easily be considered one of the greatest films ever made. Obviously, it has one or two things that keep it from being a perfect 100, but that does not take away from the merit of this great work. Anaparastasi is one of those films that will stay in your memory long after you have seen it. Every second spent searching for this film was worth it.
98/100
The first feature-length film by filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos. A filmmaker who has really caught my attention ever since I started watching art-house cinema. Before turning 16, I set myself the task of getting to know, and by getting to know I mean watching their work, filmmakers who have been fundamental in the history of cinema. Today I decided to start with Theo Angelopoulos. Finding this film was not easy at all, thank God someone uploaded it to YouTube with Spanish subtitles.
For a debut feature, this is incredible, a work that could easily be considered one of the greatest films ever made. Obviously, it has one or two things that keep it from being a perfect 100, but that does not take away from the merit of this great work. Anaparastasi is one of those films that will stay in your memory long after you have seen it. Every second spent searching for this film was worth it.
98/100
For a debut feature, this is incredible, a work that could easily be considered one of the greatest films ever made. Obviously, it has one or two things that keep it from being a perfect 100, but that does not take away from the merit of this great work. Anaparastasi is one of those films that will stay in your memory long after you have seen it. Every second spent searching for this film was worth it.
98/100
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Mokol
8.0★ · 03/22/26
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Ηπειρωτικη αλητεία
Jack
8.0★ · 11/25/25
this movie marks the start of my dive into the fabled Theo Angelopoulos’ filmography, and i will be watching all of his feature length narrative films over roughly the next 2-3 weeks. alright enough jabbering, onto the review.
i was expecting to like this film, but not to this degree. sure, there are some janky aspects, but then again, it was his directorial debut so some leniency must be allowed. for the most part though, i found it excellent. its nothing INSANE, but it has really good writing, great acting, fantastic cinematography, and gut wrenching intensity. i really enjoyed Angelopoulos’ style in this film in general, i cant wait to see how his filmmaking evolves.
i was expecting to like this film, but not to this degree. sure, there are some janky aspects, but then again, it was his directorial debut so some leniency must be allowed. for the most part though, i found it excellent. its nothing INSANE, but it has really good writing, great acting, fantastic cinematography, and gut wrenching intensity. i really enjoyed Angelopoulos’ style in this film in general, i cant wait to see how his filmmaking evolves.
this movie marks the start of my dive into the fabled Theo Angelopoulos’ filmography, and i will be watching all of his feature length narrative films over roughly the next 2-3 weeks. alright enough jabbering, onto the review.
i was expecting to like this film, but not to this degree. sure, there are some janky aspects, but then again, it was his directorial debut so some leniency must be allowed. for the most part though, i found it excellent. its nothing INSANE, but it has really good writing, great acting, fantastic cinematography, and gut wrenching intensity. i really enjoyed Angelopoulos’ style in this film in general, i cant wait to see how his filmmaking evolves.
i was expecting to like this film, but not to this degree. sure, there are some janky aspects, but then again, it was his directorial debut so some leniency must be allowed. for the most part though, i found it excellent. its nothing INSANE, but it has really good writing, great acting, fantastic cinematography, and gut wrenching intensity. i really enjoyed Angelopoulos’ style in this film in general, i cant wait to see how his filmmaking evolves.
Hektor
9.0★ · 07/02/25
*- I have two sisters and a brother in Germany. My brother invited me to go there.
- What does your brother do there?
- He works at the foundry in Tübingen.
- Are there many Greeks there?
- Yes, 280 of them are from our village. I’m off to Germany so I can goto the cinema on Sundays and go to the nightclubs and see what it’s like having fun there.
- My husband writes in his letters he sends me that he’s fine in Germany. He says work is like playing cards in a café. He sticks wallets together. He’s invited me and I’ll go too.
- What do you expect to find in Germany?
- What do I expect? Well I expect to grow fat, and pretty. Over here, as you can see our hearts have sickened with the poverty and the rest of it.
- I won’t take the kids, I’ll only go for six months. My husband has invited me. Then I’ll come back home where my kids are, I don’t want to leave them.
- Will you be saving up money there?
- I’m not going there to make money for my children, but to see how they lead better lives there.
- Life’s better there. Here, it’s hard work working in the fields. But in Germany, in the factory, we were working for 8 hours. We had 16 hours free to get some rest, to go out and have a good time. Here on the other hand, a sheep doesn’t understand working hours. We have no idea what a holiday is.
- In Germany we saw how people live. In the old days, our villagers were better off. Their population was large and, in those days, the people worked a lot. Then people left. All the young people are leaving and they keep on leaving. The villagers will be deserted if this migration doesn’t stop. Nowadays, it’s just us old people that are left in the villages. We’re old and we’ll start dying, and the villages will be empty. And when the villages are empty, that won’t be too good for the cities either. *
- What does your brother do there?
- He works at the foundry in Tübingen.
- Are there many Greeks there?
- Yes, 280 of them are from our village. I’m off to Germany so I can goto the cinema on Sundays and go to the nightclubs and see what it’s like having fun there.
- My husband writes in his letters he sends me that he’s fine in Germany. He says work is like playing cards in a café. He sticks wallets together. He’s invited me and I’ll go too.
- What do you expect to find in Germany?
- What do I expect? Well I expect to grow fat, and pretty. Over here, as you can see our hearts have sickened with the poverty and the rest of it.
- I won’t take the kids, I’ll only go for six months. My husband has invited me. Then I’ll come back home where my kids are, I don’t want to leave them.
- Will you be saving up money there?
- I’m not going there to make money for my children, but to see how they lead better lives there.
- Life’s better there. Here, it’s hard work working in the fields. But in Germany, in the factory, we were working for 8 hours. We had 16 hours free to get some rest, to go out and have a good time. Here on the other hand, a sheep doesn’t understand working hours. We have no idea what a holiday is.
- In Germany we saw how people live. In the old days, our villagers were better off. Their population was large and, in those days, the people worked a lot. Then people left. All the young people are leaving and they keep on leaving. The villagers will be deserted if this migration doesn’t stop. Nowadays, it’s just us old people that are left in the villages. We’re old and we’ll start dying, and the villages will be empty. And when the villages are empty, that won’t be too good for the cities either. *
*- I have two sisters and a brother in Germany. My brother invited me to go there.
- What does your brother do there?
- He works at the foundry in Tübingen.
- Are there many Greeks there?
- Yes, 280 of them are from our village. I’m off to Germany so I can goto the cinema on Sundays and go to the nightclubs and see what it’s like having fun there.
- My husband writes in his letters he sends me that he’s fine in Germany. He says work is like playing cards in a café. He sticks wallets together. He’s invited me and I’ll go too.
- What do you expect to find in Germany?
- What do I expect? Well I expect to grow fat, and pretty. Over here, as you can see our hearts have sickened with the poverty and the rest of it.
- I won’t take the kids, I’ll only go for six months. My husband has invited me. Then I’ll come back home where my kids are, I don’t want to leave them.
- Will you be saving up money there?
- I’m not going there to make money for my children, but to see how they lead better lives there.
- Life’s better there. Here, it’s hard work working in the fields. But in Germany, in the factory, we were working for 8 hours. We had 16 hours free to get some rest, to go out and have a good time. Here on the other hand, a sheep doesn’t understand working hours. We have no idea what a holiday is.
- In Germany we saw how people live. In the old days, our villagers were better off. Their population was large and, in those days, the people worked a lot. Then people left. All the young people are leaving and they keep on leaving. The villagers will be deserted if this migration doesn’t stop. Nowadays, it’s just us old people that are left in the villages. We’re old and we’ll start dying, and the villages will be empty. And when the villages are empty, that won’t be too good for the cities either. *
- What does your brother do there?
- He works at the foundry in Tübingen.
- Are there many Greeks there?
- Yes, 280 of them are from our village. I’m off to Germany so I can goto the cinema on Sundays and go to the nightclubs and see what it’s like having fun there.
- My husband writes in his letters he sends me that he’s fine in Germany. He says work is like playing cards in a café. He sticks wallets together. He’s invited me and I’ll go too.
- What do you expect to find in Germany?
- What do I expect? Well I expect to grow fat, and pretty. Over here, as you can see our hearts have sickened with the poverty and the rest of it.
- I won’t take the kids, I’ll only go for six months. My husband has invited me. Then I’ll come back home where my kids are, I don’t want to leave them.
- Will you be saving up money there?
- I’m not going there to make money for my children, but to see how they lead better lives there.
- Life’s better there. Here, it’s hard work working in the fields. But in Germany, in the factory, we were working for 8 hours. We had 16 hours free to get some rest, to go out and have a good time. Here on the other hand, a sheep doesn’t understand working hours. We have no idea what a holiday is.
- In Germany we saw how people live. In the old days, our villagers were better off. Their population was large and, in those days, the people worked a lot. Then people left. All the young people are leaving and they keep on leaving. The villagers will be deserted if this migration doesn’t stop. Nowadays, it’s just us old people that are left in the villages. We’re old and we’ll start dying, and the villages will be empty. And when the villages are empty, that won’t be too good for the cities either. *
Chip
8.0★ · 08/09/20
Theo-thon Pt. I
Really an incredible debut but just a bit raw when it comes to telling the story.
Theo Angelopoulos can frame a shot and say fuck you to dialogue like none other from the jump it seems. Excited for the next 12 from him!
Really an incredible debut but just a bit raw when it comes to telling the story.
Theo Angelopoulos can frame a shot and say fuck you to dialogue like none other from the jump it seems. Excited for the next 12 from him!
Theo-thon Pt. I
Really an incredible debut but just a bit raw when it comes to telling the story.
Theo Angelopoulos can frame a shot and say fuck you to dialogue like none other from the jump it seems. Excited for the next 12 from him!
Really an incredible debut but just a bit raw when it comes to telling the story.
Theo Angelopoulos can frame a shot and say fuck you to dialogue like none other from the jump it seems. Excited for the next 12 from him!