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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   5,225 votes
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Writers:
Mircea Eliade (novel)
Francis Ford Coppola (written by)
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Release Date:
26 October 2007 (Italy) more
Plot:
A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in Europe before WWII, a timid professor is changed by a cataclysmic event and explores the mysteries of life. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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(41 articles)
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User Comments:
A heavy and complex movie with deep philosophical implications more (66 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Tim Roth ... Dominic
Alexandra Maria Lara ... Veronica / Laura
Bruno Ganz ... Professor Stanciulescu
André Hennicke ... Josef Rudolf
Marcel Iures ... Prof. Giuseppe Tucci
Adrian Pintea ... Pandit
Alexandra Pirici ... Woman in Room 6

Florin Piersic Jr. ... Dr. Gavrila
Zoltan Butuc ... Dr. Chirila
Adriana Titieni ... Anetta
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mircea Albulescu ... Davidoglu
Dan Astileanu ... Professor (as Dan Astilean)
Cristian Balint ... Grenzschutz
Dragos Bucur ... Bartender
Theodor Danetti ... Dr. Neculache
Andrei Gheorghe ... Taxi Driver
Roxana Guttman ... Gertrude
Dorina Lazar ... Cook
Rodica Lazar ... Teller

Anamaria Marinca ... Hotel Receptionist
Hodorog Anton Mihail ... Doru, The Guard
Mihai Niculescu ... Vaian
Gelu Nitu ... Policeman
Mirela Oprisor ... Craita
Alexandru Repan ... Dr. Chavannes
Dan Sandulescu ... Nicodim
Andi Vasluianu ... Intern
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Jugend ohne Jugend (Germany)
L'homme sans âge (France)
Un'altra giovinezza (Italy)
Geç gelen gençlik (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
L'homme sans âge (Belgium: French title) [fr]
Neotita horis niata (Greece) [el]
Uma Segunda Juventude (Portugal) [pt]
Velha Juventude (Brazil) [pt]
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MPAA:
Rated R for some sexuality, nudity and a brief disturbing image.
Runtime:
124 min
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Trivia:
The first cut was close to three hours. It contains a sub-plot shot (also included in the novella) featuring the 1938 student radicals and Secret Police associating Dominic with them. The sub-plot was ultimately dropped upon suggestion by co-editor Walter Murch in order to keep the story more personal and reaching the intended two hour movie goal. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-12-15)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Middle Village more

FAQ

Is there any romanian in it?
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35 out of 46 people found the following comment useful.
A heavy and complex movie with deep philosophical implications, 3 April 2008
9/10
Author: siderite from Romania

I was flabbergasted to see that a lot of the comments for this film were negative. The fact that the movie is not of a commercial nature doesn't make it bad, it just makes it less accessible. In this manner, it is just as bad for movies as a science paper is for publications.

Anyway, the film is based on a book of Romanian Mircea Eliade, one that I didn't read. Actually, I didn't read most of Eliade's work for the very reasons people bad mouthed this film. Then I entered adolescence :-P.

The film, though, is a resounding success to me. Not only that it is well done, but at the end of it, it let me wanting to understand more and to read the book. Maybe I will one of these days. As the film is impossible to summarize here, I will get to a quick conclusion.

Bottom line: a heavy feeling film, with a complex script and a lot of philosophical ideas of Eliade's scattered through the story; also some of his personal obsessions: orientalism and the loss of the love of his life. I personally think it was a great movie, but it became a bit confused at the end.

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