A Dream of Passion

Name: A Dream of Passion
Director: Jules Dassin
Genre: Drama
Released: 1978-05-21
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Melina Mercouri, Ellen Burstyn, Andréas Voutsinas, Despo Diamantidou, Dimitris Papamichael

1978

1h 50m

Drama

Director: Jules Dassin

Writer: Jules Dassin

Overview

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.