Eternity (2016)

The story of the women and relationships that define a family across a century.

Director:

Anh Hung Tran (as Tran Anh Hung)

Writers:

Alice Ferney (novel), Anh Hung Tran (screenplay) (as Tran Anh Hung)

Stars:

Audrey Tautou, Bérénice Bejo, Mélanie Laurent

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Audrey Tautou	...	Valentine
Bérénice Bejo	...	Gabrielle
Mélanie Laurent	...	Mathilde
Jérémie Renier	...	Henri
Pierre Deladonchamps	...	Charles
Irène Jacob	...	Mère de Gabrielle
Arieh Worthalter	...	Jules
Valérie Stroh	...	Mère de Mathilde
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu	...	Mère de Valentine
Nu Yên-Khê Tran	...	Narrator (voice) (as Tran Nu Yên-Khê)
Lou Lambrecht	...	Valentine (7 ans)
Mya Essalhi	...	Valentine (14 ans)
Katia Miran	...	Valentine (doublure jeune) / Soeur 2 de Valentine (3 ans) / Mathilde (doublure jeune)
Catherine Matty	...	Valentine (doublure 60-70 ans)
Colette Roche	...	Valentine (doublure 80 ans)

Storyline

The story of the women and relationships that define a family across a century.

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Plot Keywords:

20th century | 19th century | paris france | arranged marriage | pregnant woman | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

In a French interview, director Anh Hung Tran says he couldn't stop crying when he read the original novel, "L'Elégance des veuves" by Alice Ferney. Because his parents took him and his brother to France at the end of the Vietnam War, he has lost contact with the rest of his family.

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Soundtracks

Lagrima
Composed by Francisco Tárrega

User Reviews

think of it as of the perfect sumptuous dream of utmost elegance...

I can see why people can not praise this film - it is very hard to digest. It is set to so many beautiful classical melodies, and the world it sets into motion is just as luminous and wonderful as the music.

The most beautiful french women stay perfect through dozen childbirths, the children are all tender-hearted and dressed with utmost taste and play lovely games.. Nobody does anything else but loving each other with tenderness and softness and deepest understanding and acceptance. Everything is set in paradisaical garden and color and flowers filled rooms... It is a kind of world that we probably all dream of - with not one note of dissonance, of bad taste, of disorder, of any kind of ugliness or dirt. Except there is still death and loss and terrible pain.. and most graceful and elegant way to live through every turn of life...

Is it a Tran Anh Hung's oriental philosophy and unique artistic sensitivity translated into Western setting, or do they really exist - these perfect, subtle, fragile and prosperous families? Is it them we get a glimpse of - sometimes - on Parisian streets and elegant sea resorts? In any way - the film is extremely beautiful to watch and in the current world of terrible deficit of untainted images and characters, it is worth of the highest appreciation...

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

France Belgium

Language:

French

Release Date:

7 September 2016 (France)

Also Known As:

Eternity

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$840,764

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nord-Ouest Films, Pathé, Artémis Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1