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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.
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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
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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.
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.
Thirty-six Spanish actors reflect on their work and compare their experiences. The underlying theme is the contrast between the voices of the veterans and the images of young drama students, for whom anything can still happen. Cineuropa - the best of european cinema.
A Dream of Passion ★½ 1978 (R)A woman imprisoned in Greece for murdering her children becomes the object of a publicity stunt for a production of “Medea,” and she and the lead actress begin to exchange personalities.
