Eternity (2011): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2011, Eternity is a drama film directed by Sergey Provorov, running about 36 minutes.

What it’s about. An absurd landscape with a form recirculating in its narrative tradition is transformed by the artists into interdisciplinary statement about loss of a message, impossibility of a dialogue, labyrinth of meanings. Monotony of action inclines to multitude of associations: myth about Sisyphus; Frieda of Bulgakov, who is constantly offered a handkerchief; grown-up daughter of Stalker, roaming in the Zone which gives neither fulfillment of desires, nor relief. The authors slowly immerse viewers into multilayered space, where surrounding reality is dissolving, and so is human sight, which rediscovers itself on the border in searches of initial static point. Such creative exercises can also be marked by rather expected desire to arrange knowledge and understanding of cinematograph in contemporary context of visual communication and conversion of created work into completely different, unexplored quality of the art.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.0/10, Eternity sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Eternity page.

If you liked it. Fans of Eternity tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.