Two children who set out to find their father, whom they think is in Germany, first board a train to Germany. After being handed over to the police for not having a ticket, the two children are taken to their uncle, who informs them that they are in fact the product of an illegitimate relationship and that they do not have a father in Germany. Taken to the police station, the children manage to escape from the police while they are outside watching the snow. Time has stopped, no one is moving except the children. As they continue their escape, they are confronted by the troupe of actors from the director's 1975 film "O thiasos". We suddenly find ourselves in the lines from that movie. The troupe is still traveling. One of the children, a girl, is raped by a driver who picks her up. When they use a boat on the river to cross the border, they are shot at and a tree emerges out of the haze. In the end, it is this tree that they find, not their father. Despite its flaws, this movie can be considered one of Angelopoulos' masterpieces.
7.5/10.
7.5/10.