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 Christmas Eve, 1937, Piatra Neamt, Romania: Dominic Matei, a 70-year-old professor, contemplates suicide. The love of his life is dead, and he remains unable to complete his lifes work on the origins of language. On April 24th 1938, Easter Sunday, he takes a train to Bucharest to kill himself, but suddenly hes struck by lightning. After a slow recovery, he miraculously grows younger and gains superhuman powers. WWII breaks out and Romanias fascist dictator Ion Antonescu cooperates with Adolf Hitler. Matei must escape to Switzerland, because Nazi scientists want to use his powers...Some years later, he meets a 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...Coppolas adaptation of s surreal novella is a mysterious, romantic, melancholic and humorous journey to the outer limits of space, time and identity. Dreams become reality and reality feels like a dream...
Professor of linguistics Dominic Matei survives a cataclysmic event and finds his youth restored. However, his intellect attracts the attention of Nazi scientists, forcing him into exile. While on the run, he reunites with his lost love and works to complete his research on the origins of language.
 
		 Tim Roth 
 Dominic Matei
 
		 Alexandra Maria Lara 
 Veronica
 
		 Bruno Ganz 
 Prof. Roman Stanciulescu
 
		 André Hennicke 
 Dr. Josef Rudolf
 
		 Marcel Iures 
 Prof. Giuseppe Tucci
 
		 Alexandra Pirici 
 Woman in Room 6
 
		 Adrian Pintea 
 Pandit
 
		 Florin Piersic Jr. 
 Dr. Gavrila
 
		 Mircea Albulescu 
 Davidoglu
 
		 Dan Astileanu 
 Professor
 
		 Cristian Balint 
 Grenzschutz
 
		 Dragos Bucur 
 Bartender
 
		 Zoltan Butuc 
 Dr. Chirila
 
		 Theodor Danetti 
 Dr. Neculache
 
		 Andrei Gheorghe 
 Taxi Driver
 
		 Roxana Guttman 
 Gertrude
 
		 Lucian Iancu 
 Malta Doctor
 
		 Dorina Lazar 
 Cook
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