All rights reserved. It is a vague euphemism that allows him to say goodbye to his loved ones without the sentimentality of revelation. The reality is that he is terminally ill, and the doctor has advised him to go to the hospital when the pain becomes unbearable. Alexander hands Katerina a collection of unopened letters belonging to his late wife. He unwittingly interrupts a wedding ceremony in order to ask Urania to care for the dog.
Death is, after all, a solitary journey.
Alexandre rescues the boy, and resolves to take him back to his war-torn homeland. In the process of attending to the welfare of the young refugee, he reconciles with the guilt and regret of his selfish past and learns to accept his fate. Theo Angelopoulos creates a stunningly haunting, seamless fusion of reality, nostalgia, and dreams in Eternity and a Day . Moreover, recurrent images of abandoned buildings, repeated flights of Albanian refugees across the border, and the unfinished poem, reflect Alexandre's regret over his own unresolved actions. All rights reserved.