Lyrics of Antiquity

Lyrics of Antiquity (1989) is Maria Muat's animated short drawn from ancient Greek myth and verse, ready to watch online on iFILM. It follows the love of a young man, Exigen, for a girl named Lisidika, told in the cadence of classical lyric poetry.

At nineteen minutes it gives the legends room to breathe, weaving in the poetry of Hellas about the beauty of feeling. The voice cast includes Lyudmila Ilyina, Vsevolod Larionov and Vladimir Gerasimov. A slow, almost museum-like piece for anyone drawn to the aesthetics of antiquity. Stream Lyrics of Antiquity online on iFILM.