Eleni Karaindrou
Eternity and a Day (Theme) 540 KB
Eternity and a Day (Greek: Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα, Mia aioniotita kai mia mera) is a 1998 film starring Bruno Ganz and directed by Theo Angelopoulos. The film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998.
It tells the story of a celebrated Greek famous writer (Alexandre | Bruno Ganz) who still lives in the house by the sea in Thessaloniki where he grew up. Lately, however, the house has become structurally unsound and his son-in-law has decided to sell. Alexandre has to move out because he is seriously ill but is worried that once he checks into a hospital, he may never leave. He has a few regrets, but mostly he regrets that he never completed any task.. As he learned that he has only one day left to live, he meets a young boy on the streets - an illegal immigrant from Albania - and spends his last day taking the boy home.
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. 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.
Genres: Art / Foreign and Drama
Running Time: 2 hrs. 12 min.
Release Date: May 28, 1999 NY
U.S. Box Office: $106,486
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