Youth Without Youth (2007)

Réalisateur:

Francis Ford Coppola

Writers:

Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay)
Mircea Eliade (novella)

Release Date:

26 octobre 2007 (Italy)

Genre:

Drame | Romance | Thriller

Plot:

A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in Europe before WWII, a timid professor is changed by a cataclysmic event and explores the mysteries of life.

Plot Keywords:

Malta | 1930s | India | Based On Novella | Photo Album

Awards:

1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Searching the eternal youth in Romania

Ensemble

Tim Roth	...	Dominic
Alexandra Maria Lara	...	Veronica / Laura
Bruno Ganz	...	Professor Stanciulescu
André Hennicke	...	Josef Rudolf
Marcel Iures	...	Prof. Giuseppe Tucci
Adrian Pintea	...	Pandit
Alexandra Pirici	...	Woman in Room 6
Florin Piersic Jr.	...	Dr. Gavrila
Zoltan Butuc	...	Dr. Chirila
Adriana Titieni	...	Anetta
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Mircea Albulescu	...	Davidoglu
Dan Astileanu	...	Professor (as Dan Astilean)
Cristian Balint	...	Grenzschutz
Dragos Bucur	...	Bartender
Theodor Danetti	...	Dr. Neculache
Andrei Gheorghe	...	Taxi Driver
Roxana Guttman	...	Gertrude
Dorina Lazar	...	Cook
Rodica Lazar	...	Teller
Anamaria Marinca	...	Hotel Receptionist
Hodorog Anton Mihail	...	Doru, The Guard
Mihai Niculescu	...	Vaian
Gelu Nitu	...	Policeman
Mirela Oprisor	...	Craita
Alexandru Repan	...	Dr. Chavannes
Dan Sandulescu	...	Nicodim
Andi Vasluianu	...	Intern
Matt Damon	...	Life Magazine Reporter (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Francis Ford Coppola

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Francis Ford Coppola		screenplay
Mircea Eliade		novella

Produit par
Francis Ford Coppola	....	producer
Anahid Nazarian	....	executive producer
Fred Roos	....	executive producer
Masa Tsuyuki	....	associate producer

Musique originale
Osvaldo Golijov

Image
Mihai Malaimare Jr.

Montage
Walter Murch

Distribution des rôles
Florin Kevorkian
Karen Lindsay-Stewart

Création des décors
Calin Papura

Direction artistique
Ruxandra Ionica
Mircea Onisoru

Décorateur de plateau
Adi Popa
Adrian Popa

Création des costumes
Gloria Papura

Maquillage
Barrie Gower	....	prosthetic makeup sculptor
Peter King	....	hair designer
Peter King	....	makeup designer
Dana Roseanu	....	makeup artist
Domnica Sava	....	hair stylist
Jeremy Woodhead	....	hair designer
Jeremy Woodhead	....	makeup designer

Directeur de production
Diona Dragnea	....	production manager (as Doina Dragnea)
Adriana Rotaru	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Vladimir Anton	....	second assistant director
Roman Coppola	....	second unit director
Oana Ene	....	second assistant director
Craita Nanu	....	second assistant director
Anatol Reghintovschi	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Gabriel Bucur	....	set dresser: Romania
Adi Iancu	....	stand-by props: Romania
Iasar Memedali	....	property buyer: Romania
Adi Popa	....	property master: Romania
Dora Somova	....	stand-by props: Bulgaria

Technicien du son
Mihai Bogos	....	sound recordist
Viorel Dobre	....	adr recordist
Alex Dragomir	....	dialogue editor
Kim Foscato	....	sound effects editor
Ivan Fritz	....	machine room operator
Pete Horner	....	sound designer
Pete Horner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Knox	....	sound re-recording consultant
Zach Martin	....	sound mix technician
Matei Mircea	....	boom operator
Walter Murch	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Nutt	....	dialogue editor
Victor Panfilov	....	sound effects editor
Horea Alexandru Pascu	....	assistant sound
Gene Radzik	....	sound consultant
Vadim Staver	....	foley artist

Effets spéciaux
Liviu Gherghe	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects
Kevin Bailey	....	additional visual effects (as Kevin N. Bailey)
Patrik Bergman	....	digital effects artist
Ales Dlabac	....	CG artist
Roland Friedrich	....	flame artist
Miro Gal	....	Flame artist
Jan Heusler	....	digital compositor
Tomas Kalhous	....	digital compositor
Vít Komrzy	....	visual effects producer
Jirí Linhart	....	digital effects artist
Petr Masek	....	digital compositor
Peter Nemec	....	Flame artist
Peter Nemec	....	digital effects artist
Peter Nemec	....	senior flame artist
Vaclav Ondrousek	....	digital compositor
Jiri Stamfest	....	matte artist
David Vána	....	visual effects supervisor
Petr Vcelicka	....	digital compositor
Jan Vseticek	....	visual effects coordinator
Kim Wiseman	....	digital compositor

Cascadeur
Octavian Golgot	....	stunt coordinator
Rasvan Puiu	....	stunt coordinator (as Razvan Puiu)

Camera and Electrical Department
Cos Aelenei	....	still photographer
Marius Bercu	....	gaffer
Alex Cosma	....	electrician
Marian Duca	....	key grip
Ilie Georgica	....	assistant camera
Stefan Stefanovschi	....	electrician
Bogdan Talpeanu	....	second assistant camera
Paul Ticu	....	electrician
Cristian Toader	....	best boy

Casting Department
Liliana Toma	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Adina Bucur	....	costume supervisor
Mariana Pall	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Kevin Bailey	....	assistant editor (as Kevin N. Bailey)
Sean Cullen	....	associate editor
Andrei Dascalescu	....	assistant editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Mike Sowa	....	digital intermediate colorist
Corina Stavila	....	associate editor

Music Department
Jeremy Flower	....	music constructions
Petru Margineanu	....	music recording supervisor
Michael Pärt	....	music editor
Mihai Suteu	....	music recording engineer
Attila Tõzsér	....	music editor
Lev Zhurbin	....	additional orchestrator
Lev Zhurbin	....	music preparation

Transportation Department
Vasile Anghel	....	transportation coordinator

Divers
Adrian Codoi	....	location manager
Jennifer Furches	....	script supervisor: second unit
Alexandru Iures	....	assistant: Francis Ford Coppola
Oana Marian	....	assistant: Tim Roth
James T. Mockoski	....	archivist
Marian Moldoveanu	....	location manager
Ioana Ofileanu	....	office production assistant
Iulian Pana	....	location manager
Magda Pintilie	....	production accountant
Adriana Racasan	....	assistant: Alexandra Maria Lara
Razvan Secara	....	extras coordinator
Ioana Stoica	....	location scout manager
Vasilescu Valentin	....	horse master

Production Companies

• American Zoetrope
• BIM
• Bavaria Atelier
• Pricel
• SRG Atelier

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• A-Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Cinema Without Frontiers (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Pathé Distribution (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Pathé (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Pinema (2007) (Turkey) (all media) (distributor)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2007) (USA) (theatrical)

Technicien des effets spéciaux

• Universal Production Partners (UPP)

Other Companies

• Deutsche Grammophon  soundtrack
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Pathé Pictures International  international sales

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Altra giovinezza, Un' (Italy)
Homme sans âge, L' (France)
Jugend ohne Jugend (Germany)
Homme sans âge, L' (Belgium: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexuality, nudity and a brief disturbing image.

Durée:

124 min

Pays:

USA | Germany | Italy | France | Romania

Langue:

Anglais | Sanskrit | Allemand | Français | Italien | Roumain | Russe

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Ireland:15A | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | USA:R

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Ana Aslan International Academy of Aging, Bucharest, Romania

Company:

American Zoetrope

Anecdotes:

The shoot lasted 85 days.

Connexions De Film:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-12-15)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Middle Village

Searching the eternal youth in Romania

It's been a while since I have written anything for IMDb. "Youth Without Youth" is not only a very personal approach to a barely known novella by Mircea Eliade, but also a homage to Romanian culture and civilization. I felt really good watching a legendary filmmaker like Coppola before the special screening (in Bucharest), walking on the stage and thanking sincerely to the Romanian cast and crew, and in the end, thanking all of us "for Mircea Eliade". I read Eliade's novella some months ago, and I found it difficult and "anti-cinematic", unlike "La tiganci" or other texts of his. "Youth" is, as I saw it, a meditation on time and the relation between human memory and identity. Eliade has been concerned with the theme of "la vita est sueno" (life is dream) for a long time, and his fiction shows it. Coppola also has been preoccupied with time, dreams and memory in his late films like "Peggy Sue", "Dracula" and "Jack". It might seem strange and paradoxical, but beyond the horror clichés and the gory make-ups, one can see lots of formal similarities in "Dracula" and "Youth...". The Italian American director is definitely bound to European Romanticism, and he tried to infuse a lot of new symbols (the mirror, the moon on the bluish night sky, the skull etc) to an already symbol-heavy-loaded narrative. Tim Roth is the ideal choice for the central character (old Dominic Matei that grows young after a lightning stroke). The rest of the numerous cast is composed mainly of Romanian actors, most of which are famous in our country. Iures is known for the international public also, and handles his role elegantly, as usual. Maria Lara is a Romanian-born German actress, playing the role of Dominic Matei's lady friend and lover. The relationship between Dominic and Laura is beautifully developed by Coppola's rewriting of the initial novella. Near the end of the film, there is a moment (shot in Malta) where Dominic decides to break away from Laura, because of the dreadful effects of his supernatural youth on her physical condition. Both actors are impressive in this delicate scene.

This film was, all in all, a pleasant surprise for me. I was expecting a more Hollywood-ish speculative and commercial-oriented style. Anyway, I personally (still) think the D.P. and the photographic department in general was overwhelmed by the magnitude of this project. Coppola should of thought more deeply about his choice, because Mihai Malaimare Jr. (the D.P.) and digital imagery was simply not enough ! It took over 2 years to complete this film anyway, so why didn't he use film instead of digital mediums? Was money really a problem here? Maybe Roth asked for a big fee, I don't know. This film won't be appreciated by a wide audience, because Eliade's literature is very special and restrictive (you need to fancy Romanian folklore and oriental philosophies in order to get into this). In fact, Eliade's novella was clearly inspired (as the main title shows) by one of the most beautiful and profound fairy-tales ever: "Tinerete fara batranete si viata fara de moarte" (hard to translate into English, but it might sound like "Eternal youth and life without death"). Even if you are not Romanian, you should check it out! It will change the way you feel about time and life, the way Eliade changed Coppola from an old mainstream Hollywood director into an arty European film experimenter.