Plot: Overcome with silent sadness, knowing that his days are numbered, revered terminally ill author Alexandros abandons his seaside home, having failed to complete ' unfinished epic work, 'The Free Besieged'. As the pensive intellectual meanders through the rain-soaked city, lost in a sea of romantic memories filled with lost opportunities and regretful decisions, suddenly, a chance encounter with a young Albanian street urchin paves the way for a long metaphysical journey. But the weary writer is running out of time. Can Alexandros prolong eternity by one day??
Alternative Plot: A dying writer (Bruno Ganz), trying to finish the works of a 19th-century poet, rescues a kidnapped child about to be sold.
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