The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. Most of the 600 2000s fantasy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes33%
Metacritic43/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
248 audience votes
Key crew
- Francis Ford CoppolaDirector
- Osvaldo GolijovOriginal Music Composer
- Francis Ford CoppolaWriter
Cast
- Tim RothDominic Matei
- Alexandra Maria LaraVeronica / Laura
- Bruno GanzProfessor Stanciulescu
- André HennickeDr. Josef Rudolf
- Marcel IureșProfessor Tucci
- Adrian PinteaPandit
- Florin Piersic Jr.Dr. Gavrila
- Zoltan ButucDr. Chirila
- Anamaria MarincaHotel Receptionist
- Alexandra PiriciWoman in Room 6
- Mircea AlbulescuDavidoglu
- Dan AştileanuProfessor
Stills
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Themes
new loveamnesiadual identitysoulmatesbased on novel or booklove of one's lifenepallightninggeneva, switzerlandage differenceidentitypsychopath