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Eternity and a Day
Eternity and a Day
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ETERNITY AND A DAY

Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα

Directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos
Greece, France, 1998
Drama

Synopsis

Famous writer Alexander, trying to finish the works of a 19th-century poet, is very ill and has little time left to live. He meets a little boy on the street, who is an illegal immigrant from Albania, and goes on a journey with him to take the boy home.

Synopsis

Famous writer Alexander, trying to finish the works of a 19th-century poet, is very ill and has little time left to live. He meets a little boy on the street, who is an illegal immigrant from Albania, and goes on a journey with him to take the boy home.

Our take

This Palme d’Or winner from Theo Angelopoulos lyrically fuses the subjective dream-states of memory to the political history of Europe. An exquisite contemplation on the notion of home and the meaninglessness of borders, Eternity and a Day is a major work from one of the great masters of cinema.