Drama
Greek (Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα)
1998 · Directed by Theo Angelopoulos · 133 min
An aging Greek poet, told he is seriously ill, spends one winter day settling what he can before entering hospital. A chance meeting with a young street boy pulls him out of his routines and into memory. A quiet, slow, deeply poetic film about time, language and leave-taking.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining late work of European art cinema from the 1990s, and the summit of Angelopoulos's career-long project of making Greek history, poetry and landscape into slow, philosophical images.
Watch with intention
Treat each long shot as a space in which time itself can move, not as a scene to be followed for plot.
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