(O Melissokomos). "Marcello Mastroianni (speaking Greek) is the impossible central figure of The Beekeeper, a man soured by a secret love for his daughter and now a wanderer obsessed by his job as a beekeeper. Angelopoulos follows this hollow man as he drives from town to town, picks up a young girl traveler and revisits his old haunts and comrades. The style though has changed-there are fewer long takes, the cutting is quicker and the narrative more eventful, as in the long, intricate nude love scene in a deserted cinema. But the director's signature is ever present: wonderfully textured images by Arvanitis, a succession of beautifully sustained traveling shots and an emotional intensity which moves to a grave, overwhelming climax. This is the kind of visual filmmaking of which only the greatest artists are capable and, apart from anything else, it is the best road movie since Paris, Texas. Indeed, Wenders and Angelopoulos share some secrets." -- John Gillett, London Film Festival