| Director | Theo Angelopoulos, Thodoros Angelopoulos |
|---|---|
| Genre | drama film |
| Runtime | 122 min |
| Country | France, Greece, Italy |
The film follows the journey of Spyros, a beekeeper, to various parts of Greece after his daughter's wedding. Spyros has just retired as a teacher and sets out on his annual journey in spring to move his beehives to a series of locations with flowering plants. A girl hops on Spyros's truck, and travels with him. They visit Spyros's old friends and his wife along the way, and finally arrive at a theater owned by one of his friends, which is about to be sold. There, Spyros and the girl finally have an erotic encounter, long after Spyros has tried to coerce her into kissing but failed. The girl leaves after a few nights, before the movie ends with Spyros turning over his beehive boxes, causing him to be stung repeatedly by the understandably angry bees. The final scene sees the dying Spyros tapping on the ground, as he continues to suffer from more and more agonising stings, which reminds us of the tapping of his sick friend before Spyros left him in the hospital.