Eternity and a Day is a 1998 Greek film directed by Theo Angelopoulos. It follows a middle-aged writer in Thessaloniki who, on learning he is terminally ill, tries to put his affairs in order while helping a young Albanian immigrant boy fleeing traffickers, interweaving his memories of his late wife with his search for meaning in his remaining time. The film won the Palme d'Or and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Eternity and a Day is a 1998 Greek film directed by Theo Angelopoulos.
Wikipedia Awards section (palme-d-or), checked 2026-09-27
1998 Cannes Film Festival | Palme d'Or | Theodoros Angelopoulos | win
Wikipedia Awards section (greek-state-film-awards-best-film), checked 2026-09-27
1998 Greek State Film Awards | Best Film | Theodoros Angelopoulos | win
Wikipedia Awards section (prize-of-the-ecumenical-jury-cannes), checked 2026-09-27
1998 Cannes Film Festival | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Theodoros Angelopoulos | win
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23 May 1998 (Cannes)
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Eternity and a Day (Greek: Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα, romanized: Mia aioniótita kai mia méra) is a 1998 Greek drama film directed by Theo Angelopoulos, and starring Bruno Ganz, Isabelle Renauld and Fabrizio Bentivoglio.
Created By: Theo Angelopoulos, Infobox: director
Theo Angelopoulos
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