Close to my favorite movie of all times

Rating: 10/10 (17 January 2006)

Unlike another reader, I remember every detail of the movie with crystal clarity; as if I was living it myself.
Julie Christie as Lara is stunning, I fell in love with her myself. However, I would also be torn between the beautiful (both externally and internally) Lara and the sweet, dependable but unexciting wife.
The story of a relatively simple man, who goes on trying to live out his life in the midst of one of the greatest upheavals in history.
Too bad I couldn't recall Omar Sharif in another movie of any consequence. This movie was definitely the defining moment of his career.
Another great impact that this movie had on me was an answer to the unstated question: what happened to all the secondary personalities? For example, Lara's daughter, Yuri's wife? Did they just become road kill like most of the rest of the population at that time. This to me is a very frightening aspect of this movie, but it also adds to its overall excellence: so many nameless people whose lives became nothing more than gristmill.