Greek Festival Programmes at The National Museum : Odysseys of Myth

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Odysseys of Myth
Greek mythology in Cinema
Wed 27 Feb – Sat 1 Mar 2008
7.30pm
Gallery Theatre, Basement

Take a journey through some of the most imaginative and magical films inspired by Greek mythology in Odysseys of Myth, a film programme accompanying the Greek Masterpieces from the Louvre exhibition at the National Museum of Singapore.

The stories of gods and monsters, quests for justice and immortality represent the eternal and universal odysseys that mankind has taken through the ages to realize our humanity.

SCHEDULE
Wed 27 Feb 2008, Gallery Theatre, Basement
7.30 pm
$9
Orpheus / Orphée
Dir: Jean Cocteau
1949 / France / 95 min / 35 mm / PG
(In French with English subtitles)

Thu 28 Feb 2008, Gallery Theatre, Basement
7.30 pm
$9
Electra, My Love / Szerelmem, Elektra
Dir: Miklós Jancsó
1971 / Hungary / 71 min / 35 mm / Rating TBC
(In Hungarian with English subtitles)

Fri 29 Feb 2008, Gallery Theatre, Basement
7.30 pm
$9
Voyage to Cythera / Taxidi sta Kithira
Dir: Theo Angelopoulos
1983 / Greece-West Germany-Italy-UK / 137 min / Rating TBC
(In Greek with English subtitles)

Sat 1 Mar 2008, Stamford Garden
8 pm
Free
Jason and the Argonauts
Dir: Don Chaffey
1963 / UK / 103 min / 35 mm / Rating TBC


Ticketing
Please book ticket online at www.nationalmuseum.sg ( Go booking page ) or at our Visitor Services Counter at The National Museum of Singapore