City Open Air Cinema

The NeverEnding Story

Credits

Country :

RFA-USA

Year :

1984

Director :

Wolfgang Petersen

Version :

vostFR

Duration :

102 minutes

Format :

digital

Actors :

Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway, Tami Stronach

Age classification :

📖 Based on the novel ‘Die unendliche Geschichte’ by Michael Ende

synopsis

Drawn into the pages of a mysterious book, young Bastien finds himself at the heart of Fantasia, a world threatened with destruction. Filled with unforgettable creatures and dreamlike adventures, Wolfgang Peterson’s beloved fantasy classic celebrates the boundless power of imagination and continues to enchant generations of viewers.

Par son titre même, "L'Histoire sans fin" dit tout d'emblée : que le conte perdure, et perdurera toujours. Ce faisant, le film fait appel à une donnée essentielle de l'art du conteur – une soif de merveilleux inextinguible, qui constitue l'un des fondements du cinéma et qui donne à L'Histoire sans fin une place de choix qui lui revient et lui reviendra toujours.

Critikat.com

The idea of the story within a story is one of the nice touches in "The NeverEnding Story". Another one is the idea of a child's faith being able to change the course of fate. Maybe not since the kids in the audience were asked to save Tinker Bell in "Peter Pan" has the outcome of a story been left so clearly up to a child's willingness to believe.

Chicago Sun-Times