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Eleni is the 1985 film adaptation of the memoir Eleni by Greek-American journalist Nicholas Gage. Directed by Peter Yates with a screenplay by Steve Tesich, the film stars John Malkovich, Kate Nelligan, Linda Hunt and Glenne Headly.
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Dec 21, 1985 · Eleni: Directed by Peter Yates. With Kate Nelligan, John Malkovich, Linda Hunt, Oliver Cotton. A mother's love for her children leads to a son's revenge for her death in this dramatic thriller that begins during the Greek civil war.
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Overview. Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for this. He wants to know why his mother was killed in the civil war years earlier. In a parallel plot line we see Nick as a young boy and his family as they struggle to survive in the occupied Greek hillside.
"Eleni" is based on the true story of a New York Times reporter who went searching for his past in Greece. The reporter's name is Nicholas Gage. As a very young boy, he is sent to America to join relatives at the end of World War II. He has a sharp memory of his mother promising to join him as soon as possible.
Eleni is a heart-wrenching drama based on a true story that takes us deep into the heart of the Greek Civil War. The film is a depiction of a mother's unconditional love, survival, and her sacrifice for her children.
In 1948, as the civil war ravages Greece, a communist attachment terrorizes a small mountain village by abducting the children and sending them to communist camps inside the Iron Curtain. Eleni...
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In 1948, after arranging for her children to flee to America to escape the turbulence of the Greek Civil War, Eleni Gage (Kate Nelligan) is executed by the communists occupying her village.
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