Professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the Nazis. While on the run, the professor meets a young woman who has her own experience with a lightning storm. Not only does Dominic find love again, but her new abilities hold the key to his research.
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- Wuchakon TMDB · Jun 20186/10
Equal parts fascinating, entertaining, beautiful, inscrutable, contrived and tedious RELEASED IN 2007, "Youth Without Youth" was Francis Ford Coppola's return to filmmaking after a ten-year absence. The story revolves around a 70 year-old man (Tim Roth) in Romania at the outset of WWII who is struck by lightning and miraculously regains his youth, looking like a 40 year-old man. He acquires amazing powers as well, like psycho-kinesis and the ability to "read" a book by "scanning" it with his mind. The Nazi's catch wind of his amazing evolution and want to study him to contribute to the “master race” (or whatever). The second half of the film takes place after the war years when the man finds a woman who looks like a young version of his deceased love (Alexandra Maria Lara). Incredibly, she too is struck by lightning with differing results and it aids in his research on the origins of languages. The plot brings to mind two films from the mid-90s that also address people with fascinating powers: "Powder" and "Phenomenon." The latter was decent whereas the former shot for greatness and in some ways attained it. "Youth Without Youth" is completely different in tone, mostly due to the W
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Cast
- Tim RothDominic Matei
- Alexandra Maria LaraVeronica / Laura
- Bruno GanzProfessor Stanciulescu
- André HennickeDr. Josef Rudolf
- Marcel IureșProfessor Tucci
- Adrian PinteaPandit
- Florin Piersic Jr.Dr. Gavrila
- Zoltan ButucDr. Chirila
- Anamaria MarincaHotel Receptionist
- Alexandra PiriciWoman in Room 6
Crew
- Francis Ford CoppolaDirector
- Francis Ford CoppolaWriter
- Mircea EliadeNovel
- Mihai Malaimare Jr.Director of Photography
- Osvaldo GolijovOriginal Music Composer
- Walter MurchEditor
- Francis Ford CoppolaProducer
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