Youth Without Youth
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- 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 ......
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- Starring
- Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Marcel Iures
- Director(s)
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Distributor(s)
- Sony Classics
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 121 min.
Critic Reviews
In this film Mr. Coppola blurs dreams and everyday life and suggests that through visual and narrative experimentation he has begun the search for new ways of making meaning, new holy places for him and for us. He may not have found them yet, but, then, he’s just waking up.Read the full review
Ultimately, Youth Without Youth is more intriguing than it is satisfying. It hooks you, then lets you flounder.Read the full review
In the context of Coppola's life and career, the film has a searching intelligence and ambition that can't be entirely dismissed; with his own money and nobody looking over his shoulder, Coppola has gone uprriver again in an effort to reinvent himself and cinema in the process. He ultimately fails, but he can't be faulted for trying.Read the full review
