Interesting what you get when you take the writing of Mircea Eliade, and the direction of Francis Ford Coppola. One IMDB reviewer offered these thoughts:
At times "Youth Without Youth" seems like a David Lynch film without the horror aspects. There are doppelgangers and people with supernatural powers. It is surreal and strange and some scenes do not make sense in their sequence but are important in the entirety of the film.
"Youth Without Youth" is not a film for everybody. In fact, most people will probably not like it. But if you are a person who is willing to think about a film and bring your own interpretation to what is happening, you might end up loving this film.
I can't say it better, so there it is. I enjoyed it.
Youth Without Youth
Tim Roth, Bruno Ganz, Marcel Iures, Alexandra Pirici, Zoltan Butuc, Mircea Albulescu,
I decided to watch My Effortless Brilliance because the description suggested outdoor action -- ordinarily, I prefer mindless action, lots of explosions, some sex, and if FTL travel is involved, so much the better.
To be clear, the movie had none (or very little) of the silly wilderness urbanite action I was expecting. What it did have was amazing dialog and characters so real I felt like I was, perhaps without permission, peering into their personal lives.
My Effortless Brilliance
