The Film
A Dream of Passion
The Story
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.
Runtime
110 min
Released May 1978

Directed by
Jules Dassin
Written byJules Dassin
Marquee
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