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
Critics' Reviews
Jay Weissberg, Variety.com
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"... the pic is brought down by ponderous dialogue (much of it dubbed) and an inability to connect with its characters." Full Review
Nathan Southern
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Though widely accused of narrative impenetrability and blasted by critics as "excruciating" to sit through, Francis Ford Coppola's mystical period drama Youth Without Youth in fact suffers from neither ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Dominic Matei
Professor Stanciulescu
Laura/Veronica/Rupini, Veronica/Laura
Professor Tucci
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