Eternity and a Day
Oct 23 1998
•2h 13m
•Drama
An ailing Greek man attempts to take a young, illegal Albanian immigrant home.
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Bruno Ganz
Alexandros
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
The Poet
Isabelle Renauld
Anna
Achileas Skevis
The Child
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