Ulysses' Gaze 1995

This undeniably masterful film, epic in its scope, stars the fearless Harvey Keitel as a Greek-American film-maker who reluctantly returns to his homeland. He is on a quest to retrieve the lost reels by the real-life film pioneers, the Manakis brothers. The film's allegory works in three levels: as a search for the genesis of cinema, an exploration of the Balkans’ history, and as man's metaphysical search of self.