A convincingly menacing presence in such films as Goodfellas, Dick Tracy, and Nixon, Sorvino was just effective in comedy, memorably alongside George Burns in Oh God, and as a crooked insurance executive in the satire Bullworth. In addition to numerous TV roles and several directorial efforts, he was the father of Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino.
Directed by Théo Angelopoulos
Psychological Drama, Road Movie - Rated NR - 134 Minutes - 1998
Theo Angelopoulos held court as one of the greatest directors in the world at the time of his death; Eternity and a Day is his masterwork. It's a mournful, elegiac and resonant film about a dying poet (Bruno Ganz) emotionally estranged from his family - who is given one last opportunity to connect with a human being when he crosses paths with an Albanian refugee child. The film deservedly won the Golden Palm at Cannes.