Theo Angelopoulos
Invites Journalists
To Visit Set Of Latest Film
"An Eternity And A Day"


Greek director Theo Angelopoulos currently is at work shooting his next film after 1995's award-winning Ulysses' Gaze. On location for the next 8 weeks in Thessaloniki, Angelopoulos will open the set of his film to journalists for one day during this year's International Thessaloniki Film Festival. The Festival this year takes place from November 21-30.

The story of an aging writer, his encounter with a young boy, and memories of the past which this encounter evokes, An Eternity And A Day stars Bruno Ganz as the writer, with supporting roles filled by Isabelle Renaud (France), Fabrizio Bentivoglio (Italy), and from Greece Despina Bebedeli, Achileas Skevis, Alexandra Ladikou, Alekos Oudinotis , and Nikos Kouros. Making a special guest appearance in the film is Greek actress Tania Paleologou, who as a young girl played the leading role in Angelopoulos' Landscape In The Mist.

Veteran Italian screenwriter Tonino Guerra, together with Greek writer Petros Markaris collaborated with Angelopoulos on the script. The production reunites Angelopoulos' Ulysses' Gaze team -- coproducers are Eric Heumann's Paradis Film (France), Giorgio Silvani's Intermedia Films (France), and Amedeo Pagani's Classic Films (Italy); producer is Phoebe Economopoulos.

Shooting for An Eternity And A Day originally began last February in Thessaloniki. But after one week, Angelopoulos called off the shoot and sent everyone home. The weather, unseasonably warm and sunny, was not what Angelopoulos had expected. The director instead wanted overcast, foggy days. Shooting resumed only earlier this month.

The date of this event will be announced at the start of the Festival.