A Dream of Passion

A Dream of Passion

110 mins | Drama | May 21, 1978

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.

A Dream of Passion

110 mins | Drama | May 21, 1978

A Dream of Passion
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers
Original title Κραυγή Γυναικών
Directors Jules Dassin
Writers Minoas Volonakis, Euripides, Jules Dassin