Greeks bid farewell to film director Angelopoulos

More than a thousand people, including leading lights in politics and entertainment, attended the funeral Friday of Greek film director Theo Angelopoulos killed in a road accident earlier this week.
The funeral at an Athens cemetery was broadcast live on state television and those attending included the head of the Greek Orthodox Church Metropolitan Ieronymous and Culture Minister Pavlos Geroulanos.
Helene Gerassimidou, who appeared in his Palme-d'Or winning film "Eternity and a Day", paid tribute to "the poet of time and history".
Angelopoulos's coffin was covered with a wreath of roses offered by his widow Fivi and awards he had won in his four-decade-long career. A burst of claps followed, in Greek tradition, when the coffin was lowered to the ground.