Eternity and a Day

Australia released, PAL/Region 4 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: Greek ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ),English ( Subtitles ),ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery,SYNOPSIS: Famous writer Alexander is very ill and has only a few days 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. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Cannes Film Festival, Thessaloniki Film Festival, Product Description

A visual poem

What is eternity for a life not shared? Is a day enough to capture all that has slipped away? This movie, with magnificent pictures and captivating music, made me rethink my own life and wonder, "what if this was my last day this time?"

To find yourself asking this question at the end of the movie, is proof that Angelopoulos did it again: he told a story in a way that touches somewhere deep in the viewer.

Too bad we stopped "buying new words" though. It explains the impoverishment of our vocabulary. November 27, 2007

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