Youth Without Youth
by Mircea Eliadeliterary work· published 1976
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Youth Without Youth (Romanian: Tinereţe fără tinereţe) is a 1976 novella by Romanian author Mircea Eliade. It follows the life of Dominic Matei, an elderly Romanian intellectual who experiences a cataclysmic event that allows him to live a new life with startling intellectual capacity. In 2007, it was adapted into a film by Francis Ford Coppola, also titled Youth Without Youth.
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Youth Without Youth was adapted into a 2007 film.
Youth Without Youth2007 · film · 124 min · dir. Francis Ford Coppola · IMDb ↗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.
