Eternity and a Day

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Eternity and a Day is a 1998 Greek drama film by director Theo Angelopoulos that meditates on memory, exile, and mortality through the final day in the life of a terminally ill writer.

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instanceOf Greek drama film
film
awardedAt Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED
awardYear 1998
CannesSection In Competition
cinematography Giorgos Arvanitis NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Greece
director Theo Angelopoulos NERFINISHED
distributor New Yorker Films NERFINISHED
editedBy Yannis Tsitsopoulos NERFINISHED
festivalAward Palme d'Or NERFINISHED
filmMovement European art cinema NERFINISHED
genre drama film
hasFilmStyle long takes
slow cinema
language Greek
leadActor Bruno Ganz NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Alexandros NERFINISHED
mainCharacterOccupation writer
musicBy Eleni Karaindrou NERFINISHED
notableFor meditative exploration of time and memory
winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes
originalTitle Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα NERFINISHED
partOf Theo Angelopoulos filmography
plotSummary Follows the final day in the life of a terminally ill writer reflecting on his past and forming a bond with a young refugee.
producer Theo Angelopoulos NERFINISHED
productionCompany Classic NERFINISHED
La Sept Cinéma NERFINISHED
Paradise Films NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1998-05-18
releaseYear 1998
runningTime 132 minutes
screenedAt Cannes Film Festival 1998 NERFINISHED
screenwriter Giorgos Arvanitis NERFINISHED
Theo Angelopoulos NERFINISHED
Tonino Guerra NERFINISHED
setting Greece NERFINISHED
Thessaloniki NERFINISHED
starring Achilleas Skevis NERFINISHED
Bruno Ganz NERFINISHED
Fabrizio Bentivoglio NERFINISHED
Isabelle Renauld NERFINISHED
subject Balkan conflicts
Greek history
theme exile
memory
mortality
title Eternity and a Day NERFINISHED

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Theo Angelopoulos notableWork Eternity and a Day