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Eternity (2016)

Eternity poster
Original title
Éternité
Directed by
Trần Anh Hùng
Genre
drama film
Country
France, Belgium
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
12
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 108 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Over the course of a century, two generations of a French family live through love and loss. The story follows three women in different time periods as they marry, raise children, and face widowhood.

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What happens

Eternity (French: Éternité) is a 2016 French-Belgian romantic historical drama film written and directed by Tran Anh Hung, and based on the 1995 novel L'Élégance des veuves ("The Elegance of Widows") by Alice Ferney. The film follows two generations of characters over a century. The cast is led by Audrey Tautou, Bérénice Bejo and Mélanie Laurent as the focus of each time period, together with Jérémie Renier, Pierre Deladonchamps and Irène Jacob. Tran Nu Yen Khe, the director's wife, served as the narrator and art director for the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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