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
awardYear 1998
CannesSection In Competition
cinematography Giorgos Arvanitis
countryOfOrigin Greece
director Theo Angelopoulos
distributor New Yorker Films
editedBy Yannis Tsitsopoulos
festivalAward Palme d'Or
linked to: Palme d’Or
filmMovement European art cinema
genre drama film
hasFilmStyle long takes
slow cinema
language Greek
leadActor Bruno Ganz
mainCharacter Alexandros
mainCharacterOccupation writer
musicBy Eleni Karaindrou
notableFor meditative exploration of time and memory
winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes
originalTitle Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα
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
productionCompany Classic
La Sept Cinéma
Paradise Films
releaseDate 1998-05-18
releaseYear 1998
runningTime 132 minutes
screenedAt Cannes Film Festival 1998
screenwriter Giorgos Arvanitis
Theo Angelopoulos
Tonino Guerra
setting Greece
Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
starring Achilleas Skevis
Bruno Ganz
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Isabelle Renauld
subject Balkan conflicts
Greek history
theme exile
memory
mortality
title Eternity and a Day

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Eternity and a Day title Eternity and a Day