A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in Europe before WWII, 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.
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Tim Roth Alexandra Maria Lara Bruno Ganz André Hennicke Marcel Iureș Adrian Pintea Florin Piersic Jr. Matt Damon Roxana Guttman Anamaria Marinca Alexandra Pirici Mircea Albulescu Dan Aştileanu Cristian Balint Dragos Bucur Zoltan Butuc Theodor Danetti Andrei Gheorghe Dorina Lazăr Rodica Lazăr Mihai Niculescu Andi Vasluianu
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