Summaries

Unhappy middle-aged architect Philip Dimitrius leaves his wife Antonia and career for a spiritual awakening on a Greek island with his new girlfriend Aretha and teenage daughter, leading to extraordinary results for everyone around him.

A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek island where he hopes to conjure meaning into his life - trying the patience of his new girlfriend and angst-ridden teenage daughter.—David Parker

Details

Keywords
  • teenager
  • mediterranean sea
  • older man younger woman relationship
  • summoning
  • shakespeare's the tempest
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Aug 12, 1982
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG
Countries of origin United States
Language English Greek
Filming locations Athens, Greece
Production companies Columbia Pictures

Box office

Budget $13000000
Gross US & Canada $5005245
Opening weekend US & Canada $80492
Gross worldwide $5005245

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 22m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

A successful architect, dogged by a mid-life crisis, purges his material trappings then retreats into a self-imposed exile on a remote Greek island in a vain attempt to bring meaning to his life.

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