Eternity and a day (Mia Aioniotita kai mia Mera) (1998)

General data

Year: 1998
Length: 130 Minutes
Color: Colour
Country: Greece
Distinctions: 1998. Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival. Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.

The film
Eternity And A Day traces the final days of Alexandre (Bruno Ganz), a celebrated Greek writer as he prepares to leave his seaside home forever. While packing, he finds a letter from his long-dead wife, Anna (Isabelle Renauld), who wrote about an enchanted summer day they spent thirty years ago. From that point, Alexandre embarks on a mystical journey through his past and present. Realizing that after spending his entire life chasing after the words of poems and novels, Alexandre wants one final chance to capture the lost precious moments of true happiness, even if only for one day.