Tag Archives: films about old age

from Paris to Tokyo (film: Tokyo Taxi – Yôji Yamada, 2025)

We are pretty much used to remakes of Japanese or Korean films that are produced in the United States or Europe. Sometimes, however, the phenomenon of remakes also works the other way around. This is the case of the film … Continue reading

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a japanese autumn sonata (film: Teki – Daihachi Yoshida, 2024)

‘Teki‘, the 2024 film by Japanese director Daihachi Yoshida, is a film about the old age. I don’t know to what extent contemporary Japanese cinema addresses this topic, but it seems natural to me that it would in a country … Continue reading

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old is cool (film: Thelma – Josh Margolin, 2024)

Movies with people at advanced ages as characters are all the rage. At the rate they are being produced and released, the Academy may soon create a new category of Academy Awards – for Best Actor/Actress over 85. If such … Continue reading

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Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson were still here (film: The Great Escaper – Oliver Parker, 2023)

As I get older, it becomes more and more difficult for me to watch movies starring the great actors who have accompanied my life of a cinephile and who have reached venerable ages. The feelings are mixed. On the one … Continue reading

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stormy sunset (film: Best Sellers – Lina Roessler, 2021)

A famous Romanian actor was recently asked ‘what are you doing lately?’. He replied: ‘What can I do? I play roles of old men’. This is probably what Michael Caine would answer in these last years. I confess that he … Continue reading

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