Youth Without Youth Movie
1938, Romania: at 70, a professor of language and philosophy, Dominic Matei, contemplates suicide: the love of his life is dead, and he remains unable to complete his life's work on the origins of language. Then, he's struck by lightning. After a slow recovery, he grows younger. He must now avoid Nazis, who want to study and experiment on him. Some years later, he meets a young woman who has her own passage through a lightning storm. Not only does Dominic find love again, but her new abilities hold the key to his research. Is the sweetness of life finally at hand?
Movie Info
- Year:
- 2007
- IMDB Rating:
- 6.5
- IMDB Votes:
- 2031
- Countries:
- USA, Germany, France, Italy, Romania
- Genres:
- Thriller, Drama, Romance
- Tags:
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Doctor, Party, Photograph, Based on novella, Professor, Photo album, Despair, Split personality, Fear, Love affair
- Domestic:
- $244,397 (9.4%)
- + Foreign:
- $2,347,066 (90.6%)
- = Worldwide:
- $2,591,463
- Opening
Weekend: - $28,550 (6 theaters, $4,758 average) % of Total Gross: 11.7%
- Release:
- 18 theaters