A lengthy biography

Rating: 7/10 (17 June 2017)

A newborn child who looked like an old man and had the body him was abandoned on the stairs of an asylum. There, he gets adopted and starts living the rest of his life which will prove to be very different when compared to one of an ordinary man's. We follow his life throughout the entire movie as written in the journal of his childhood love, with all its difficulties and pleasures until his final breath.
To be honest, although it had an excellent idea in what the main character is concerned, it proved to be what seems mostly like a biography. We are presented simple events which the unusual man experiences, in chronological order, without something that will amaze you or even wake you up from the state of boredom this movie puts you in. Just ordinary stuff which could have happened to any ordinary man. Its biggest fault by far though remains its inexplicable length which prolongs the boredom more than ever desired. Don't get me wrong, it is unique and interesting in some aspects, but it is quite predictable, linear and even boring. Its characters play their role well but don't actually shine, their characters being simplistic and even dull at times.
It's a movie from which I had high expectations but I ended up pretty disappointed.