The Suspended Step of the Stork

Name: The Suspended Step of the Stork
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 1991
Duration: 143 min
Rating: 4.5
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Gregory Patrick Karr, Ilias Logothetis, Dora Chrysikou

Theodoros Angelopoulos19912h 23mRomance, Drama

Written by Cinobo

In the first part of the Trilogy of Borders, Theo Angelopoulos brings together Marcello Mastroianni and Jeanne Moreau in a deeply poetic and profoundly human film that hovers between political history, personal memory, and the impossibility of a final farewell.

Synopsis

A young reporter becomes fascinated by the figure of an elderly refugee who lives an almost ascetic life in a small border town. His investigation gradually turns into an existential journey.