Story Line: Amid the souvenirs of his life, a terminally-ill Greek writer (Ganz) focuses on one last, idyllic day along with a troubled young boy (Skevis), who is beginning a journey the older man is prepared to complete.
Bottom Line: Winner of the Palme D'Or at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, the enriching and complex Eternity and a Day represents just about everything that current American filmmaking does not. Long and rich, slow moving and exacting, it's sure to deeply affect those willing to embrace its meditative experience but will turn off or bore just about everybody else. Carried by a standout, award-worthy performance by the always charismatic Ganz, Eternity is among the few films centered around a writer that succeeds at being about language itself. While some may find the dialogue arch and the narrative journey too meandering, those with the patience to appreciate Eternity's ultimately stunning charms will find it an entirely literary example of magical realism perfectly rendered onto film. --C.S. O'Brien