Eleni Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Yates
Genres: Drama, Historical Film
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Based on the autobiographical novel by Nicholas_Gage, Eleni traces Gage's search for the truth behind the execution of his Greek mother Eleni. John_Malkovich plays Gage (herein referred to only as Nick), a New_York_Times journalist assigned to cover a border war in Albania. Intimately familiar with his beat--it's where he grew up--Nick periodically flashes back to his childhood, and his memories of his late mother Eleni (Kate_Nelligan). Not at all concerned with politics, Eleni goes to extreme lengths to shelter her children from the ravages of civil unrest. For attempting to smuggle her kids out of the country, Eleni is arrested and executed. Back in the present, Nick manages to locate local politico Katis (Oliver_Cotton), the man who signed Eleni's death warrant. He wangles his way into Katis' confidence, then prepares to kill the man--but he's in for a surprise, and something of an epiphany. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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