A Dream of Passion (1978)

Release Date: 1978-05-21
Runtime: 1h 50min
Production Country: Greece, Switzerland
Director: Jules Dassin
Writer: Jules Dassin

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.