Youth Without Youth

Youth Without Youth

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

Produced by American Zoetrope, SRG Atelier

2007125 min6.1 / 10

A metaphysically ambitious, melancholic fantasy about time, identity, and love that weaves together philosophical inquiry with romantic longing across multiple realities and timelines.

Professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the Nazis. While on the run, the professor meets a young woman who has her own experience with a lightning storm. Not only does Dominic find love again, but her new abilities hold the key to his research.

Questions people ask

  • Is Youth Without Youth one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 91% of films.

  • Is Youth Without Youth sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Youth Without Youth scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Does Youth Without Youth end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Youth Without Youth violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Youth Without Youth easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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