Zorba the Greek (1964)
Directed by Michael
Cacoyannis this film based on the novel of the same name stars Athony
Quinn, Alan Bates, Lila Kedrova and Irene Papas. An uptight English
writer heads to Crete to reopen an old mine and acquires the company
of an older Greek man who is a bit of a scoundral.
Covering a large range
of tones this film does a good job balancing them as it explores the
tragedy and joy of human life. At times the story seems like a fairly
light hearted tale of a fish out of water but is underscored by a
couple of fairly shocking moments of tragedy. While the characters
have fairly large flaws in their personality there is always enough
charm to keep you watching this film which has more the a little
influence from the Italian neo-realist school.
4/5
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