Movie Description:
Winner of the Palme d`Or, the Cannes highest prize, Theo Angelopoulos`s deeply moving odyssey centers on Alex- ander, a celebrated Greek writer who,while terminally ill, focuses on one last idyllic day. A poetic, haunting andabundantly beautiful film, it weaves an emotionally charged tale of love andlife, where the past and the present come together to createa forceful yet eloquent message of hope for the future.Embarking on a dreamy and transcendingvoyage to relive an idealized time with his wife, now deceased,at the beloved seaside retreat, his day is interrupted as he happens upon a troubled 8 year-oldboy whose future plight brings new meaning to Alexander`s own journey into the past. Crossing paths at a special moment in time, the two strangers, manand boy, share a poignent life experience as one journey ends and a newone begins.