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      A Dream of Passion

      R 1978 1h 50m Drama List
      Reviews 80% 50+ Ratings Audience Score An actress (Melina Mercouri) preparing for a stage version of "Medea" meets a mother (Ellen Burstyn) who killed her three children. Read More Read Less

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      Gary Arnold Washington Post The movie never ceases to be entertaining at some level. May 9, 2017 Full Review Jesús Fernández Santos El Pais (Spain) One of those so-called important films that inevitably shows that the sum of its excellent parts doesn't always yield attractive results. [Full Review in Spanish] Aug 6, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Steve D A waste of everyone's time. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/27/24 Full Review Audience Member This is the finest adaptation of the *medea* known to me. It explores the inner emotions of an actress playing Medea through her interaction with an American 'Medea of Glyfada' who has killed her three children in order, like Medea, to gain vengeance in 'pain for pain' upon a husband who has taken a Greek woman as a lover. The American woman, Brenda Collins, is socially isolated, likemedea, and has religious beliefs that are also darker and at odds with those of the society around her. As Maya's (Melina Mercouri) undertsanding of the motivations and awful twists of fate of Brenda Collins become clear, she changes her approach to playing Medea. In the end we get at least 3 different 'interpretations'. For 1978, discussion of sexual passion, murderous impulses, hatreds, lies is extremely frank. The final scene of the night that Brenda kills her children is deeply horrific but without a drop of blood spilled, and like Hitchcock's *psycho* no knife touched or cuts human flesh in the scene, though we see blood running down a drain. I use this film whenever I teach the Medea. It is a masterpiece with stunning acting jobs by two academy-award-winning actors, Ellen Burstyn and Melina Mercouri. Not out on dvd to my knowledge. But some vhs's available and they an be transferred. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis An actress (Melina Mercouri) preparing for a stage version of "Medea" meets a mother (Ellen Burstyn) who killed her three children.
      Director
      Jules Dassin
      Screenwriter
      Jules Dassin
      Production Co
      Miramax
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 50m