Eternity and a Day
(Mia anioniotita kai mia mera)

Screening on Film

Directed by Theo Angelopoulos.
With Bruno Ganz, Isabelle Renauld, Achieleas Skevis.
Greece/France/Italy, 1998, 35mm, color, 132 min.
Greek with English subtitles.

The famous Greek poet Alexandre (Ganz) is dying and mourns his alienated relationship with his daughter and late wife. When he meets an Albanian immigrant boy on the street who desperately wants to return home, he discovers an opportunity to avoid the difficult process of planning for his death as well as the chance to realize the ideas long-gestating in an unfinished poem. Ganz took over the role originally designed for the late Marcello Mastroianni, and conveys a warmth and melancholy which suitably complements Angelopoulos' striking, humane vision of the world.