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Eternity and a Day

How long will tomorrow last?

1998 · 2h 13m · Unrated Drama
Directed by Theo Angelopoulos

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Overview

Famous writer Alexander contracts a terminal illness. He receives a letter from his wife describing a summer day 30 years ago, and leaves his seaside home to remember his past. This journey will allow him to wander between the past and the present, and encounter unexpected people, allowing him to collect unforgettable memories in the final moments of his life.

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95%
Tomatometer
Fresh

I was moved and captivated throughout its 132 minutes.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh

Its long, fluid takes escort us through space and time, to universal themes and broader topicalities, effortlessly fending off charges of hermetic aestheticism.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten

What had been a realistic work, lyric but realistic, slides into ostentatious symbolism.

Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Fresh

Angelopoulos' meditation on the meaning of one man's life is genuinely hypnotic in its way of transcending ordinary narrative.

Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh

Angelopoulos has created another masterpiece, one that recalls such classics as Bergman's Wild Strawberries and Kurosawa's Ikiru.

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

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