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An actress (Melina Mercouri) preparing for a stage version of "Medea" meets a mother (Ellen Burstyn) who killed her three children.
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- Jules Dassin
- R
- Melina Mercouri
The story follows Melina Mercouri as Maya, an actress playing Medea, who seeks out Brenda Collins, portrayed by Ellen Burstyn, a woman who is in jail for murdering her own children to punish her husband for his infidelity. Plot.
Melina Mercouri plays Maya, a jet-setting Greek actress who returns to her homeland to undertake the role of Medea. Searching for inspiration and clues as to how a mother could kill the children she loves, Maya discovers Brenda (Ellen Burstyn), a bible-spouting American woman serving time in an Athens prison for that very crime.
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- Melina Mercouri
- Jules Dassin
Searching for inspiration and clues as to how a mother could kill the children she loves, Maya discovers Brenda (Ellen Burstyn), a bible-spouting American woman serving time in an Athens prison for that very crime. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
- Jules Dassin
A Dream of Passion. This is a story of an actor that can not do is role. Then, using drugs and hallucinations he use his repressed memories to overcome his problem. It is also a Tribute to Lee Strasberg, and the method.
- 1 min
A Dream of Passion is a film directed by Jules Dassin with Melina Mercouri, Ellen Burstyn, Andreas Filippides, Faidon Georgitsis .... Year: 1978. Original title: Kravgi gynaikon (A Dream of Passion).
