70-year-old professor of linguistics, Dominic Matei is struck by lightening resulting in a mysterious condition that brings back youth. After awakening to discover he is now closer to the age of 35, Dominic also realizes he has new capabilities and depths of understanding. As the decades pass by and wars are fought, Dominic remains young and wanted by Hitlers German scientists for research, he travels to other countries and has a false identity to protect him. When the love of his youth Laura seemingly returns in the form of Veronica, questions are raised when she too suffers a similar happening to Dominic, resulting in her being capable of speaking ancient languages that date further and further back until the origins of speech.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Andre Hennicke, Marcel Lures, Adrian Pintea, Alexandra Pirici
Year: 2007
Length: 124 Minutes
Classification: M15+ Mature themes, Infrequent violence & Sexual references
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