Your browser does not support the audio element….Pronounce Names. Gage was an Executive Producer of The Godfather Part III, co-writing an early draft of the script with Mario Puzo.Įleni/Authors What does Eleni mean in Greek?Įleni means “torch” (from ancient Greek “helénē/ἑλένη”) and “beautiful”, “light”, “bright” and “shining” (from ancient Greek “hēlios/ἥλιος” = sun/sunlight/sunshine). As a very young boy, he is sent to America to join relatives at the end of World War II. “Eleni” is based on the true story of a New York Times reporter who went searching for his past in Greece. 8 Who are the parents of Nicholas Gage’s children?.7 Why did the teacher who changed my life by Nicolas Gage die?.I can't shake the feeling that perhaps someone like Anthony Mingella would have made a better and more complete film of it. Perhaps director John Madden was pressured to fit the entire novel into a two hour period and he chose to focus on the romance more to draw a larger crowd. His Italian accent, energetic personality, overdone non-verbal gestures all yield to a caricature rather than a character. John Hurt and Christian Bale are equally marvelous. Where acting is concerned, Penelope Cruz can't seem to lose her Spanish accent (she's playing a Greek character) but her performance is otherwise wonderful. The cinematography of the beautiful exotic locations is breathtaking. On the technical front it is well executed. Much of it is also historically inaccurate. The entire film appears too sketchy, melodramatic and clichéd. Is it just his musical talent or his zest? The film is set against the backdrop of a war between the Germans and Italians in a Greek island but the war is given less significance and what we see appears very sketchy. What is it that draws Pelagia towards him is too unclear. The main problem with 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' is that it focuses primarily on the romance between Corelli and Pelagia and that too is half-baked.
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