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Cocoon (1985)
, 1h53Directed by Ron Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Vieillesse, Films based on science fiction novels, Comedy science fiction films, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films set in Atlantis
Actors Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg
About 10,000 years ago, peaceful aliens from the planet Antarea set up an outpost on the planet Earth, on an island later known to mankind as Atlantis. When Atlantis sank, twenty aliens were left behind, kept alive in large rock-like cocoons at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Now a group of Antareans have returned to Earth to collect them. Disguising themselves as humans, they rent a house with a swimming pool, and charge the water with "life force" to give the cocooned Antareans energy to survive the trip home. They charter a boat from a local captain named Jack (Steve Guttenberg) who helps them retrieve the cocoons. Jack likes Kitty (Tahnee Welch), a beautiful woman from the team who chartered his boat. When he spies on her while she undresses in her cabin, Jack is shocked when he discovers she is an alien. After the aliens reveal themselves to him and explain what's going on, he decides to help them.
The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
, 2h10Directed by Shōhei Imamura
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Seafaring films, Transport films, Vieillesse
Actors Ken Ogata, Mitsuko Baishō, Taiji Tonoyama, Nenji Kobayashi
The film is set in a small rural village in Japan in the 19th century. According to tradition, once a person reaches the age of 70 he or she must travel to a remote mountain to die of starvation, a practice known as ubasute. The story concerns Orin, who is 69 and of sound health, but notes that a neighbor had to drag his father to the mountain, so she resolves to avoid clinging to life beyond her term. She spends a year arranging all the affairs of her family and village: she severely punishes a family who are hoarding food, and helps her younger son lose his virginity.
The Chorus (1982)
, 17minutesDirected by Abbas Kiarostami
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Vieillesse
Un vieil homme sourd se promène. Il n’hésite pas à couper le son de son appareil auditif lorsque l’environnement s’avère trop bruyant. Arrivé chez lui, il attend ses petites-filles qui doivent rentrer de l’école, mais il ne les entend pas sonner…
The Cabbage Soup (1981)
, 1h38Directed by Jean Girault, Michel Leroy
Origin France
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Cooking films, Vieillesse, Films based on science fiction novels, Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Louis de Funès, Jean Carmet, Jacques Villeret, Claude Gensac, Christine Dejoux, Henri Génès
Claude Ratinier (Louis de Funès), known as Le Glaude, is an old man who lives on a small farm across the road from his long-time friend Francis Chérasse (Jean Carmet), known as Le Bombé. The two are described as the last surviving members of their breed, still living in a rural fashion while the rest of the world has modernized. They spend their days getting drunk and eating cabbage soup, while they spend their nights getting drunk and farting.
Going in Style (1979)
, 1h37Directed by Martin Brest
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime
Themes Vieillesse
Actors George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg, Charles Hallahan, Pamela Payton-Wright, Mary Testa
Joe, Al et Willie sont trois vieux retraités. Ils vivent en colocation dans le Queens et n'attendent plus que de mourir. Ils passent leurs journées à trainer au parc et à nourrir les pigeons. Mais Joe s’ennuie profondément. Après s'être rendu à la banque pour son maigre chèque de pension de retraite, Joe pense à quelque chose qui remettra un peu de piment dans leurs vies : braquer une banque ! Cette idée insensée plait cependant immédiatement à Al et Willie, eux aussi lassés de la monotonie de leur vie. Sur le papier, leur plan est simple : déguisés en clones de Groucho Marx, ils vont entrer armés dans leur banque pour voler uniquement l’argent des caisses. Mais dans les faits, la mission ne sera pas aussi facile pour ces papys au casier judiciaire vierge. Après cela, alors qu'ils ont repris goût à la vie, ils s’envolent pour la première fois vers Las Vegas et ses célèbres casinos.
First Love (1978)
, 1h58Directed by Dino Risi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Vieillesse
Actors Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti, Mario Del Monaco, Venantino Venantini, Riccardo Billi, Caterina Boratto
Picchio, un ancien comédien sur la cinquantaine, tombe amoureux d'une jeune employée de ménage de sa maison de retraite à San Pellegrino, dans le nord de l'Italie et décide de l'emmener à Capri et Rome pour la séduire, mais aussi pour relancer sa carrière de comique. La désillusion sera immense...
Shock Treatment (1973)
, 1h31Directed by Alain Jessua
Origin France
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Vieillesse, La précarité, Films about psychiatry, Immortalité
Actors Annie Girardot, Alain Delon, Michel Duchaussoy, Robert Hirsch, Jean-François Calvé, Jeanne Colletin
Depressed after being abandoned by her young lover, affluent Helene (Annie Giradot) heads off to a health clinic on the coast. The treatments by Dr. Devilers (Alain Delon) make her and the other guests feel better, and for a while that is enough. However, Helene stumbles upon the resort's dark secret: the patients rejuvenation comes at the expense of Portuguese youths, who arrive at the clinic to work in the gardens and are never seen again.
The Annuity (1972)
, 1h38Directed by Pierre Tchernia
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Films about families, La provence, Vieillesse
Actors Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Claude Brasseur, Rosy Varte, Jean-Pierre Darras, Odette Laure
En 1930 à Paris, Léon Galipeau, médecin généraliste à la compétence discutable, ausculte Louis Martinet, célibataire de 59 ans. Persuadé que son patient, usé, n'a que deux ans tout au plus à vivre, Galipeau convainc son frère Émile d'acquérir en viager la maison de campagne que possède Martinet dans un petit village de pêcheurs alors méconnu : Saint-Tropez. Confiants dans leur affaire, les deux frères acceptent même d'indexer la rente viagère sur le cours d'une valeur, pensent-ils, sans avenir : l'aluminium.
The Scopone Game (1972)
, 1h56Directed by Luigi Comencini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Vieillesse
Actors Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, Mario Carotenuto, Franca Scagnetti
An aging American millionairess journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur George to play the card game scopone with destitute Peppino and his wife Antonia. The annual scenario remains unchanged: she donates the initial stakes so they can play, then ultimately wins the game, shattering the couple's dream of scoring a victory and improving their lot in life. Eventually their daughter Cleopatra seeks revenge on her parents' behalf.
Harold and Maude (1971)
, 1h31Directed by Hal Ashby
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about suicide, Vieillesse, Buddy films
Actors Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Eric Christmas, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack, Ellen Geer
Harold Chasen (Bud Cort) is a young man obsessed with death. He stages elaborate fake suicides, attends funerals and drives a hearse, all to the chagrin of his socialite mother (Vivian Pickles).
The Cat (1971)
, 1h26Directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre, Dominik Graf
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, La banlieue française, Films about suicide, Vieillesse, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret, Annie Cordy, Harry-Max, Jacques Rispal, Nicole Desailly
Un couple de retraités, les Bouin, habite en banlieue parisienne (à Courbevoie) dans les années 1970, en plein bouleversement du fait des travaux d'urbanisme moderne d'alors. Julien Bouin est un ancien ouvrier typographe ; sa femme, Clémence Bouin, est une ancienne trapéziste de cirque dont la carrière s'est terminée trop tôt en raison d'une chute lors d'un spectacle. Ils n'ont jamais eu d'enfants.
The Two of Us (1967)
, 1h30Directed by Claude Berri
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Vieillesse, Political films, Films about school violence, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, La condition juive en France sous l'Occupation allemande
Actors Michel Simon, Charles Denner, Luce Fabiole, Alain Cohen, Roger Carel, Paul Préboist
Claude (Alain Cohen) is an 8-year-old Jewish boy living in France during the Nazi occupation. To reduce the chance that he would be sent to Auschwitz or a similar fate, his parents send him to live with a farm family, the elderly parents of Catholic friends of his parents. (In reality, many French urban Jews made similar choices for their children.) The elderly couple honestly think that the boy has been sent to live with them because Paris is dangerous; it never crosses their mind that Claude is a Jew.
The Shameless Old Lady (1965)
, 1h34Directed by René Allio
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about families, La provence, Vieillesse
Actors Sylvie, Victor Lanoux, Jean Bouise, Malka Ribowska, François Maistre, Étienne Bierry
Madame Berthe, a newly widowed 70-year-old miser, has lived a sheltered life married to her husband for some sixty years. She determines to venture into the modern world and have as much fun as possible, and in doing so finds that she loves it. She blows her life savings, much to the disapproval of the young people around her.
, 2h8Directed by Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about films, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about television, Vieillesse, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Gina Gillespie, Wesley Addy, Maidie Norman
In 1917, Baby Jane Hudson is a vaudevillian child star while her sister Blanche Hudson is not famous and overlooked by their father. By 1935, both sisters are movie actors, but Blanche has achieved stardom, while Jane’s films have flopped, leading Jane to drink heavily. One night, returning from a party, one of the sisters (implied to be Blanche) gets out of the car to open the garage door, while the driver (implied to be Jane) attempts to run her over, misses, and crashes into the garage. The accident leaves Blanche paralyzed.
The Old Guard (1960)
, 1h26Directed by Gilles Grangier
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Vieillesse
Actors Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Noël-Noël, Mona Goya, Hélène Dieudonné, Guy Decomble
Retraité de la SNCF, Baptiste Talon rentre en Vendée dans son village natal de Tioune pour y retrouver deux vieux amis : Jean-Marie Péjat et Blaise Poulossière. Il leur apprend qu’il a décidé d'aller à l'hospice de Gouyette.