(Mia eoniotita ke mia mera). Cannes prize-winner Eternity and a Day is in many ways the most emotional of Theo Angelopoulos's films. He once again uses the basic structure of the journey to spin out his seductive and melancholy tale. A fatally ill writer spends his last days revisiting familiar places, but this spatial odyssey is also a voyage in time as Alexander (Bruno Ganz) remembers things past. The contrast that Angelopoulos sketches between the rainy and snowy present and radiant days on a long-ago beach creates a poignant meditation on the passing of time. Eternity and a Day is rich in unforgettable sequences; Angelopoulos, philosopher and poet, knows how to blend ideas and images.-Michel Ciment

• Written by Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra, Petros Markaris. Photographed by Giorgos Arvanitis, Andreas Sinanos. With Bruno Ganz, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Isabelle Renauld, Achilleas Skevis. (132 mins)