Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for this. He wants to know why his mother was killed in the civil war years earlier. In a parallel plot line we see Nick as a young boy and his family as they struggle to survive in the occupied Greek hillside. The plot lines converge as Nick's investigations bring him closer to the answers.

• Eleni Productions
• CBS Theatrical Films
• Kate Nelligan
• John Malkovich
• Linda Hunt
• Oliver Cotton
• Ronald Pickup
• Rosalie Crutchley
• Glenne Headly
• Dimitra Arliss