The Dust of Time
Η Σκόνη του Χρόνου
(2008)
A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and the USA. The main character is Eleni, who is claimed and claims the absoluteness of love. At the same time the film is a long journey into the vast history and the events of the last fifty years that left their mark on the 20th century. The characters in the film move as though in a dream. The dust of time confuses memories. A searches for them and experiences them in the present.
10 Kinolab Clips
Opening Sequence
In 1999 A (Willem Dafoe) receives a call at Cinecetta Studios. In 1953 Eleni (Irène Jacob) and Jacob (Bruno Ganz) watch a newsreel in Temirtau.
Duration: 00:08:50
Timestamp: 00:00:46
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
A Gathering in the Square
Eleni (Irène Jacob) and Spyros (Michel Piccoli) take a tram to a town square gathering for the death of Stalin.
Duration: 00:08:53
Timestamp: 00:09:34
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Eleni's Lost Letter
Eleni (Irène Jacob) and Spyros (Michel Piccoli) have an intimate encounter and are separated. Someone trashes A's (Willem Dafoe) hotel.
Duration: 00:10:48
Timestamp: 00:22:10
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Siberia 1956
In 1956, Eleni (Irène Jacob) sends off her son on train from Siberia to Moscow. Jacob (Bruno Ganz) is sought by an organ specialist (Ivan Nemtsev).
Duration: 00:09:24
Timestamp: 00:32:51
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Austrian Immigration
A terrorist attack diverts A's (Willem Dafoe) plans in Berlin. Eleni (Irène Jacob) and Jacob (Bruno Ganz) cross the border into Austria on New Year's Eve 1973.
Duration: 00:12:42
Timestamp: 00:42:18
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Reunion
A (Willem Dafoe) reunites with his mother Eleni (Irène Jacob).
Duration: 00:06:50
Timestamp: 01:10:05
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Ontario Bar
A (Willem Dafoe) drives Spyros (Michel Piccoli) to an Ontario bar where he proposes to Eleni (Irène Jacob).
Duration: 00:08:52
Timestamp: 01:20:22
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Eleni
Eleni (Irène Jacob) enters a barricaded building looking for her granddaughter Eleni (Tiziana Pfiffner).
Duration: 00:05:20
Timestamp: 01:33:27
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
The New Century
Jacob (Bruno Ganz) says goodbye to Spyros (Michel Piccoli) and drowns himself in the Spree river.
Duration: 00:08:39
Timestamp: 01:42:58
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Closing Sequence
On New Year's Day 2000, Eleni (Irène Jacob) dies. Spyros (Michel Piccoli) and Eleni (Tiziana Pfiffner) look out of the window.
Duration: 00:08:15
Timestamp: 01:51:31
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza