Eleni

I've been putting this one off because it's 1:45 long and on Youtube with Greek subtitles.  But here we go.

I can tell it is super super old because of the ancient computer Malkovich is using and the tape recorder he has.  He looks cute though, so that's something.

Malkovich plays Nick, a reporter whose mother was murdered 30 years prior to the setting of this film,  in Greece, during civil war.   He wants to go back to Greece in an effort to track down her killers.

*Two days later,  I finished watching it.  I kept trying to start too late at night and would inevitably fall asleep and have to pick up the next night at the last point I remember being awake.

It is an interesting movie,  very clearly made for tv,  and the woman who plays Eleni overacts quite horrifically.   The subject matter, too,  is rather horrific and sad.   Thought-provoking.  I don't know what else to say about it.  Malkovich is fabulous in a very quiet and understated way.  He can convey so much with just his eyes and tone of voice.  This came out in 1985, so he was relatively unknown at the time and I can imagine that this role could have been one of the ones that caused people to notice him.   Definitely worth watching,  but rather sad storyline.