Youth Without Youth

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Youth Without Youth
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R,2hrs 4min
Released:
December 14, 2007
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Classics
Synopsis: Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola returns to the director's chair after a ten-year hiatus with this adaptation of Romanian author Mircea Eliade's tome detailing the arduous journey of a professor whose life is thrown into chaos as World War II looms ominously on the horizon. When the 70-year-old scholar is struck by lightning, his age begins to reverse as his mind grows infinitely more brilliant. Now determined to understand the origins of language and consciousness, the fugitive professor ... Full Synopsis
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For all its fussy lighting, upside-down camera angles, and overwrought impressionism, Youth Without Youth is essentially playful. It's also pleasantly meandering in its largely faked locations, and drolly matter-of-fact about its mystic visions. Full Review
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43
Mixed or Average Reviews
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Featured Cast
Dominic Matei
Professor Stanciulescu
Laura/Veronica/Rupini, Veronica/Laura
Professor Tucci
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Tim Roth in "Youth Without Youth" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Tim Roth in "Youth Without Youth" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Tim Roth in "Youth Without Youth" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Tim Roth, left, with director Francis Ford Coppola on the set of "Youth Without Youth" (Sony...
Tim Roth in "Youth Without Youth" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Bruno Ganz, left, and Tim Roth in "Youth Without Youth" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Alexandra Maria Lara in "Youth Without Youth" (Sony Pictures Classics)
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