128 minutes
11/22/2008
A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and the USA. The main character is Eleni, who is claimed and claims the absoluteness of love. At the same time the film is a long journey into the vast history and the events of the last fifty years that left their mark on the 20th century. The characters in the film move as though in a dream. The dust of time confuses memories. A searches for them and experiences them in the present.
Willem Dafoe
as A
Bruno Ganz
as Jacob
Michel Piccoli
as Spyros
Irène Jacob
as Eleni
Christiane Paul
as Helga
Kostas Apostolidis
as Secretary
Tiziana Pfiffner
as Young Eleni
Alexandros Mylonas
as Man in the Train
Norman Mozzato
as Hotel Manager
Reni Pittaki
as Composer
Alessia Franchini
as 'A's Secretary
Valentina Carnelutti
as Empfangschefin
Chantel Brathwaite
as Young Eleni's Friend
Herbert Meurer
as Doctor
Sviatoslav Yshakov
as Grandfather
Vladimir Bogenko
as Head of Conservatory
Ivan Nemtsev
as German Organ Specialist