Eternity and a Day

1999

Eternity and a Day

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Theo Angelopoulos (Reconstruction) directed this 1998 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner about a famed author nearing the end of his life. Alexander (Bruno Ganz) lives in his old seaside family home near Thessaloniki, but his daughter and son-in-law plan to sell the house, slightly damaged by an earthquake. Seriously ill, Alexander thinks if he checks himself into the hospital, he'll never check out. Awash in nostalgia, he recalls his late wife, Anna (Isabelle Renauld), seen in flashback, and he lets his daughter read a letter her mother had written to him right after her birth. Alexander's current project involves completing the last unfinished work of a 19th-century poet, but he puts that aside in order to spend time finding a home for his dog. Since his son-in-law won't take the dog, Alexander gives it to his servant. After rescuing an Albanian boy (Achileas Skevis) from a gang that sells children to wealthy Greeks who can't adopt legally, Alexander intends to return the youth to his grandmother in Albania. However, the child lied, and Alexander is unaware the boy has no grandmother. The old man and the boy set forth on a journey, and the other bus passengers include several musicians and the 19th-century poet (Fabrizio Bentivoglio). Bruno Ganz was dubbed into Greek for this Greek-French-Italian co-production.

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Cast

Fabrizio Bentivoglio
as The Poet
Eleni Gerasimidou
as Urania
Bruno Ganz
as Alexander
Despina Bebedeli
as Mother
Iris Chatziantoniou
as Daughter
Achileas Skevis
as The Child
Vassilis Seimenis
as Son-In-Law
Isabelle Renauld
as Anna
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Audience Reviews for Eternity and a Day

  • Sep 09, 2009
    Well that's diffucult now to write about a film that everybody special critics love it. It's more diffucult to me beacuse T. Aggelopoulos is from Greece to. But realy I was slept in theater for first time. What a boring film so slow ( as the title) that make your nerves crash so empty so nothing give.. Yea great name Aggelopoulos but that's it. If the movie did't take you from hand and travel your mind from the begining, make your hard and your body one with it I think that director lost the game. That's simple my opinion.
    Arianeta L Super Reviewer
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