A Dream of Passion

Year: 1978

Runtime: 110 mins

Language: Greek

Director: Jules Dassin

Drama

Melina Mercouri plays Maya, a jet‑setting Greek actress who returns home to prepare for the role of Medea. Seeking the basis of a mother who would kill her children, she meets Brenda (Ellen Burstyn), a Bible‑quoting American inmate serving a prison term in Athens for that crime. The encounter forces Maya to confront the grim reality behind the myth.

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