Movie No. 43 (2013): ETERNITY AND A DAY
Eternity And A Day (1998)
Director: Theo Angelopoulos
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Achileas Skevis
In Greek, with English subtitles
This is the story of an old man and a boy. The old man, a famous Greek writer, is going away; he believes he will never return. So, he busies himself finding a home in which to leave his dog. In the process, he meets an boy, a waif who crossed the Albanian-Greek border and ends up in the hands of a gang that sells kidnapped children to wealthy but childless Greek couples . While plagued with memories of his dead wife and an unfinished poetry, he rescues the boy and tasks himself to return the boy to his grandmother in Albania.
Director: Theo Angelopoulos
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Achileas Skevis
In Greek, with English subtitles
This is the story of an old man and a boy. The old man, a famous Greek writer, is going away; he believes he will never return. So, he busies himself finding a home in which to leave his dog. In the process, he meets an boy, a waif who crossed the Albanian-Greek border and ends up in the hands of a gang that sells kidnapped children to wealthy but childless Greek couples . While plagued with memories of his dead wife and an unfinished poetry, he rescues the boy and tasks himself to return the boy to his grandmother in Albania.
The film, despite being some kind of elegy, is one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen. The film itself is like poetry that is fluid. For a movie with this theme, more than 2 hours is quite long but I never noticed it. When in ended I was in complete awe.
The film won Palm D'Or at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Date seen: February 10, 2013
Rating: 4.0/4.0
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