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‘Sea of Glass’ Review: A Widow’s Coastal Healing Retreat Turns Into a Stately, Moody Greek Tragedy

There are Greek waves aplenty lapping at the forlorn beachside setting of "Sea of Glass," though they're not especially weird ones. Amid a national cinema that has become internationally recognized for perverse plotting and deadpan absurdism, writer-director Alexis Alexiou's third feature stands out for its stark storytelling and earnest emotional intensity.

‘Sea of Glass’ Review: A Widow’s Coastal Healing Retreat Turns Into a Stately, Moody Greek Tragedy

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There are Greek waves aplenty lapping at the forlorn beachside setting of "Sea of Glass," though they're not especially weird ones.

Amid a national cinema that has become internationally recognized for perverse plotting and deadpan absurdism, writer-director Alexis Alexiou's third feature stands out for its stark storytelling and...

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There are Greek waves aplenty lapping at the forlorn beachside setting of "Sea of Glass," though they're not especially weird ones. Amid a national cinema that has become internationally recognized for perverse plotting and deadpan absurdism, writer-director Alexis Alexiou's third feature stands out for its stark storytelling and earnest emotional intensity.

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