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The Dust of Time

2008 · 2h 5m · N/A Drama
Directed by Theo Angelopoulos

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Overview

A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and the USA. The main character is Eleni, who is claimed and claims the absoluteness of love. At the same time the film is a long journey into the vast history and the events of the last fifty years that left their mark on the 20th century. The characters in the film move as though in a dream. The dust of time confuses memories. A searches for them and experiences them in the present.

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Fresh

Hartmut Bitomsky's Dust makes a pensive study of the title particulate, considering the way we wage a never-ending battle with the tiny specks that gather around us.

Noel Murray, AV Club
Rotten

How seriously you take Dust will depend not only on your patience, but on how anxious a streaky bookshelf makes you.

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Fresh

I never knew dust could give me such pleasure.

V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Fresh

Dust is an eccentric and profoundly informative documentary.

A.O. Scott, New York Times
Fresh

Dusta"the moviea"is characterized by its clean cinematography, uncluttered compositions, and unceasing dialectic.

J. Hoberman, Village Voice

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