- Actors: Bruno Ganz, Isabelle Renauld, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Achileas Skevis, Alexandra Ladikou
- Directors: Theodoros Angelopoulos
- Writers: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Petros Markaris, Tonino Guerra
- Producers: Amedeo Pagani, Eric Heumann, Giorgio Silvagni, Phoebe Economopoulos
- Language English, Greek
- Classification: PG
- Studio: Artificial Eye
- VHS Release Date: 15 Nov 1999
- Run Time: 137 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004D06D
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 10,033 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This soundtrack is equally on a par to her soundtrack to Ulysses Gaze which is one of my favourite pieces of music, similar haunting tones which are very evocative and I found spine tingling at times. Was unsure about the spoken phase at the end, but other than that no complaints
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
The film starts and ends with the sight and sound of the sea and the voice of the mother of the main male character, the author (A). The sea rolls softly while the voice of the mother is penetrating. The authors wife, his daughter, his mother and his relatives are live their own lives which does not connect with A. In the opening scenes his most important relationship is described. As a child A and two other boy run into the sea. Later in the film A, as a middle aged, man goes back to an island he visited with these two boys . These parts form the frame of the film. The very focus is the interplay between the middle aged A and a 10 year old Albanian refugee boy. As in Angelopolous previous film, The Gaze of Odysseus, the film gives references to the rich Greece history.
Format:DVD
The most Bergmanesque of Angolopoulos's films. Simpler and less epic than most of his work, with fewer of his trademark breathtaking images and grand themes. Yet this story of a dying writer spending his last day before entering the hospital -- never to leave -- has a deeply elegiac melancholy, and his attempts to find meaning by saving an Albanian street urchin are often moving, if occasionally sappy. The same is true of Bruno Ganz' (unfortunately dubbed) relationship with his wife and family, told mainly in flashback. Much is moving, some is hokey and forced. But Ageloupolus' use of images to make film a poetic medium is always worth watching, even when flawed.
The Greek 'New Star' disc, only available a short while, was supervised by Angelopoulos, and is an improvement over the other available discs.
The Greek 'New Star' disc, only available a short while, was supervised by Angelopoulos, and is an improvement over the other available discs.
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Brilliant
The movie captures the title magnificently. Very poetic. Angelopoulos avoids sentimentality while portraying Alexander's lonliness and isloation of man. Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2009 by B. G. Bardopoulos
A real classic!
A very remarkable film. An eloquent and honest picture of life. Its honesty is breath-taking. The music is superb. A film that will not be forgotten.
Published on 3 Nov 2002
Best film: poetry, music and parts of your self
This film is like a wonderful dream... It makes you think about your existance and about your ego. Very poetic and the soundtrack is excellent. One the best Greek films.
Published on 25 July 2002 by "carouzos"
Excellent cinematography, photography and lyrical music...
The STORY of an aging writer, his encounter with a young boy, and memories of the past which this encounter evokes, An Eternity And A Day stars Bruno Ganz as the writer, with... Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2002 by A. Siaravas
eternity in a grain of sand
Accidently tuning in to 'Late Junction' on Radio 3 while on my way to John Peel I heard 'To a Dead Friend' from this CD. I was absolutely stunned. Read more
Published on 30 Nov 2000 by Pensato
a story of ageing, nostalgia, death as well as optimism
'what is tomorrow?', asks Alexander, an ageing author, recalling his dead wife and facing the prospects of his own death. 'Ethernity and a Day' comes the reply. Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2000
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