What had been a realistic work, lyric but realistic, slides into ostentatious symbolism.
Eternity and a Day (1998)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:20
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Eternity And A Day traces the final days of Alexandre (Bruno Ganz), a celebrated Greek writer who is terminally ill, as he prepares to leave his seaside home forever. While packing, he finds a... Eternity And A Day traces the final days of Alexandre (Bruno Ganz), a celebrated Greek writer who is terminally ill, as he prepares to leave his seaside home forever. While packing, he finds a letter from his long-dead wife, Anna (Isabelle Renauld), who wrote about an enchanted summer day they spent thirty years ago. From that point, Alexandre embarks on a mystical journey through his past and present. Along the way, he meets an Albanian immigrant boy threatened by a child-smuggling ring. Alexandre resolves to spend his remaining days taking the boy safely home. Realizing that after spending his entire life chasing after the words of poems and novels, Alexandre wants one final chance to capture the lost precious moments of true happiness, even if only for one day. -- © Artistic License Films [More]
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Isabelle Renauld, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Achilleas Skevis
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Isabelle Renauld, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Achilleas Skevis, Despina Bebedeli
Director: Theo Angelopoulos
Director: Theo Angelopoulos
Screenwriter: Theo Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra, Petros Markaris
Producer: Theo Angelopoulos
Composer: Eleni Karaindrou
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Reviews for Eternity and a Day
Makes a somber redemption song out of melancholy and infinite sadness, one whose eloquence transcends its stark Andrei Tarkovskyian dankness and somnambulism.
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