Synopsis
Alexander, a famous writer, 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. Alexander then takes the boy home.
1998 ‘Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα’ Directed by Theo Angelopoulos
Alexander, a famous writer, 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. Alexander then takes the boy home.
Bruno Ganz Fabrizio Bentivoglio Isabelle Renauld Achileas Skevis Alexandra Ladikou Despina Bebedelli Eleni Gerasimidou Iris Chatziantoniou Nikos Kouros Alekos Oudinotis Nicolas Kolovos Mihalis Giannatos Petros Fyssoun Pemi Zouni Lazaros Andreou Leonidas Vardaros Vassilia Kavouka Petros Markaris Melpo Lekatsa Yiannis Karabinis Maria Hatziioannidou Yiannis Mohlas Maria Saltiri Makis Pappas Tania Palaiologou Aristotelis Aposkitis Rony Ganniari Panos Papageorgopoulos Maria Koskina Show All…
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永恒的一天, 永恒的一日, 永远与一天, Mia aioniotita kai mia mera, 영원과 하루, L'éternité et un jour
What is it like to pass from this life into the next? Amongst the dense forest of allusion that Greek director Theodoros Angelopoulos presents, this is the one that stands out for me as the over arching theme. I mentioned this to my wife after our watch and she told me that this film was the third of Angelopoulos’ ‘Trilogy of Borders’. This made perfect sense. While played as a preparation for a journey, it is in fact the journey itself. There are those who help guide us; show us the sign posts that the grownups have left. There are our loved ones who have gone before. There are our reflections on our life; our joys and our regrets.
The…
Eternity and a Day deals with both national and personal ordeals, via the vessel of a terminally ill Greek poet, whose last wish is to help a boy refugee to get home. It's a beautifully meditative journey that's both patriotically Greek, and universally heartfelt. Winner of the Palme D'or at Cannes back in '98, Eternity and a Day is for sure a formidable testament to director Theo Angelopoulos' mastery of poetic filmmaking and his own unique arthouse excellence.
With a breathtaking cinematography and impressive camera work, Eternity and a Day offers an intimate insight into both the Greek society, and the last days of a Greek artist tormented by the fear of death and regrets from the past. The plot…
''My only regret, Anna - but is it only one? - is to not have finished anything. I left all as a draft, shattered words here and there.''
Drifting in an out of reverie and memory whilst making his final day on Earth amount to something, Alexandre (Bruno Ganz in a performance for the ages) seeks to ease his cancerous passage from this life by discovering what it was that exiled him from his life, his love and his heart, even at one point questioning his ailing mother ''Why, mother, nothing happens as we wish? Why? Why does one have to rot in silence torn between pain and desire? Why did I live my life in exile. Tell me mother,…
Theo, where have you been all my life? Truly one of the greats. Magical, meditative stuff. The bus sequence towards the end is stunning. Eternity and a Day didn't have the same emotional impact that Landscape in the Mist had on me, but it is equally as good, if not even slightly better.
“I know that some day you will leave. The wind pushes your eyes away, but give me this day. As if it were our last. Give me this day.”
This is cinema that pushes me to comprehend my mortality and find the beauty in when our spirit finally breaks away from the conscious body. It’s something straight out of my dreams and it fucking broke me. Time to binge Theo Angelopoulos’ filmography!
This made me want to write an analysis about ships and buses.
I don’t really know how to explain my feelings about this film other than by saying it made me feel incredibly fulfilled, it’s very slow at times, but I don’t think I was ever felt detached from the story. This film deals with so many things perfectly, and the score and final scene are just spectacular.
While at first I didn’t think I’d give this film a 10, after thinking about it I don’t think I could give it anything less. It makes me feel reluctantly optimistic about life, which is something I’ve been yearning to feel for a very long time, and if that isn’t worthy of a 10 I truly don’t know what is.
10 / 10
I had awoken once on a mountainside, alone, unaware of the invariable life that preceded my presence. A writer of sorts, perhaps, yet I could only remember as much as my work had accounted: fragments of a whole that lay plastered under the dark of my eyes, exiled from the breath of humanity. They were free of judgment, for there was nothing concluded to surmise critique. Often had my obliviousness created a shame of art, yet I could not cease spilling my sentience onto the desk in my solitary.
To write was to grieve at the horrors of this life, to weep a disembodied mourn, a shriek known only to those who have seen not the hands of their mother…
"There's just so much" -Alexandros,
- Film Club Ranked: boxd.it/3M2sq
Mortality.
A slowly paced and loving reflection on mortality and what it means to live a fulfilled life. Eternity and a Day is a really pretty film with a serene vibe that gives you time to take in everything and really think about it. I'm not sure how this would play to a younger crowd, not constantly engaged in thinking about their demise, but I think the messages are conveyed powerfully enough that most people should like this. Bruno Ganz is fantastic and I love the ending.
Yes.
“They were still here yesterday”
I have just finished watching for the first time and I have not read anything on it, but I don't care, this is one of my favorite films of all time. It is still hard for me to believe that a film this good exists. If you are reading this and have not seen it, I implore you to do so. I am sooo fucking glad I saw it. This was my first Angelopoulos and I already love him.
”It means, “Too late””
The image of people climbed up on fences, staring at the other side, is one we see more than once in Theo Angelopoulos' 1998 masterpiece, Eternity and a Day. People looking through…
Deep, but incredibly subtle. Theo Angelopoulos delivers again in this breathtakingly gorgeous theological wonder. The themes of life, family, love and belief are not so 'in your face' as many of his contemporaries, and I'd guess that's why many compare this to the later Tarkovsky films. One thing is for sure, you really need to concentrate on Eternity and a Day to get the most from it. Blink, and it will run off without you.
For those that have seen this, I'm a believer in the idea that The Child is Alexandros' version of God, but there are a few ways of looking at this I guess. I'm not going to go further into the story here, as it's fairly…
The Soviets/Russians have Tarkovsky, Hungarians have Bela Tarr, Polish people have Paweł Pawlikowski and Krzysztof Kieślowski. And of course Americans have the man itself Terrence Malick.
Another great director that does a great use of visual narrative is Theo Angelopoulos, a man where words are not so much need and images in motion are everything. Where the main story isn't so much the focus, or better said, where all the most mundane things in life are as important.
Thing is, for those who have leave in this world enough, know life is not a bubble. While we are going through something in our lives, the same goes for someone else and both of our storylines always find the way to…
What does the place where we'll all go look like?
Every once in a while, you discover a film that completely stops you in your tracks, a work of art that simply can't be dismissed. Today, it was ETERNITY AND A DAY. I had only ever heard of Theo Angelopoulos once (today), and it just so happened that I ended up watching the 1998 Palm D'or winning film. The words I am about to use will not do this film a shred of justice.
I see you smiling but you are sad.
Earlier today, I had a conversation about the importance of cinematography in regards to how it tells the story, and Eternity and a Day is no exception. Angelopoulos'…
I asked you one day: “How long will tomorrow last?” And you answered me: “Eternity and a day."
Lush. Beautiful. Magical.
Eternity and a Day follows an old man and a young boy over the course of one day as they explore change, what has happened and what lies ahead.
Directed by the esteemed Theo Angelopoulos, this 1998 Greek drama blends past with present, fantasy with reality. Bruno Ganz and Achileas Skevis have a wonderful dynamic in their portrayal of the old man and the boy.
Eternity and a Day is filled to the brim with symbolism and all sorts of allegories. The symbolism in the bus scenes alone can take hours to dissect: the political protester, the man who…
Bruno Ganz is a talent I didn't realize I'd miss. He is so tender in this film and ultimately sad. The bus scene and final dance are the biggest reasons to watch this in my opinion. They raised the quality to another level for me.
I was over half way through this and thought “Man, this hits deep, but at least I won’t cry in this one.”
Yeah, I definitely cried twice after that.
this left me speechless
the type of movie you can rewatch multiple times and you get a new perspective on every rewatch. purely amazing
"Neden anne? Neden hiçbir şey beklediğimiz gibi olmuyor? Neden çaresizce çürümek zorundayız, acı ve arzuyla ikiye bölünerek? Neden hayatımı sürgün geçirdim? Neden yalnızca o nadir anlarda kendimi evimde hissettim..."
Theo Angelopoulos is a director I've been meaning to check out for almost a year now but due to how scarce his films are to find online or on DVD, I was unfortunately unable to watch any of his films. Until now. Fortunately I was able to find physical copies online a few weeks ago and they arrived today. Decided to start off with his Palme d'Or winning masterpiece, Eternity and a Day. I come from a Greek background so I knew I was about to see something special here. A beautiful heartbreaking story with beautiful atmospheric cinematography and themes. It takes a simple story of a loveable writer who is rapidly succumbing to an illness and turns it into…
why do I have such a predilection for movies about mortality.. I know I’m gonna die okay?! I don’t need a beautifully shot, poetically narrated film to rub my nose in it, awaken me, and align me with what really matters...
okay, yes I do.
This is what it’s all about.
Filme sobre as memórias que nos atravessam quando o amanhã finalmente chega. Sobre as lutas que travamos todos os dias. Sobre as pessoas que amamos. Sobre o que faz nosso coração bater. Sobre o que deixamos de fazer. E a melancolia que encobre toda a nossa vida. Tudo que vivemos e o que não vivemos. Mais que uma eternidade. Como é lindo e como dói viver, imagine então morrer.
Certain films, when you don't like them it feels like the problem is yours or maybe today wasn't the day to watch a movie. I definitely liked some parts, the incredible craft they achieved with camera; but for most part I couldn't care less & I am disappointed with myself for that.
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