Professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the Nazis. While on the run, the professor meets a young woman who has her own experience with a lightning storm. Not only does Dominic find love again, but her new abilities hold the key to his research.
Cinematography
Dreamlike Bucharest and Malta locations
Score
Osvaldo Golijov's haunting Romanian influences
Acting
Tim Roth commits to absolutely unhinged material
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Tim Roth
Dominic Matei
Alexandra Maria Lara
Veronica / Laura
Bruno Ganz
Professor Stanciulescu
André Hennicke
Dr. Josef Rudolf
Marcel Iureș
Professor Tucci
Adrian Pintea
Pandit
Florin Piersic Jr.
Dr. Gavrila
Anamaria Marinca
Hotel Receptionist
Alexandra Pirici
Woman in Room 6
Mircea Albulescu
Davidoglu
Dragoș Bucur
Bartender
Ana Ularu
Librarian
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Coppola self-financed with his Napa vineyard profits after a decade away from directing.
Based on Mircea Eliade's novella; Coppola discovered it in a Romanian bookstore while researching Dracula.
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