Vanessa Redgrave and
Katharine Hepburn lead an all-star cast in
Mihalis Kakogiannis’s commanding adaptation of a famous
Euripides play,
The Trojan Women (1971). Following the devastating fall of Troy, the conquering forces sweep into the city in order to divide the spoils of war. Once the riches are dispersed, the marauders turn to the real bounty––Troy’s spectacularly beautiful women.
Roger Ebert makes the
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