Iphigenia

Inspired by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides' tragedy, Iphigenia in Aulis, Michael Cacoyannis' Iphigenia recounts the tragic events that occurred not long before the devastating Trojan War. After the elopement of Paris of Troy and Helen of Sparta, the most beautiful of all women and wife of King Menelaus, the Achaean forces prepare for war, and their fearsome 1,000-ship fleet gathers at Aulis, Boeotia. However, against the backdrop of an inexplicable lack of wind, the humbled brother of Menelaus, King Agamemnon, punished by the all-powerful goddess Artemis for offending her, finds himself confronted with a cruel, pressing dilemma, prophesied by Argive seer Calchas: to sail to Troy, Agamemnon must sacrifice his eldest daughter, Iphigenia, or face Artemis' wrath.