In a Japan of the near future, the government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a young Filipino laborer face choices of life and death.
Amongst the mountains of Lesotho, an 80-year-old widow winds up her affairs and makes arrangements for her burial. But when her village is threatened with resettlement due to the construction of a reservoir, she finds a new will to live and ignites a spirit of resistance within her community.
A story of friendship between a young convict who is forced to work in a retirement home and a group of crazy old people. Together they organize their escape.
They come from all walks of life and have lived for almost a century. They have lived through the upheavals of history. They are funny, moving and rebellious. They surprise and amaze us. Yet we rarely hear their voices. This film is an invitation to travel across France and meet them: the Old...
In a building where silence and order usually prevail, Estela tries to sleep, unable to doze off due to the passionate nights of her young neighbors. Tired of their disrespect, she calls for a consortium meeting to decide the couple's new fate.
Living in a village full of slopes can drive you mad. Those who have climbed them in the old-fashioned way are fully aware of that. What they don’t know is that their souls might have stuck around.
Mamma Gógó is about Gógó, an elderly lady, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer disease and her son’s and family’s reaction to her illness. While Gógó is continuously getting herself into trouble, of the kind only a person with Alzheimer can, the son, the director, is struggling with financial...
Aitziber’s father travels to the city daily in order to prevent his childhood home from demolition. This apparently senseless action will end up becoming a way to vindicate his own memory.
A taxi driver rushes to finish his last fare so he can watch a football game, but a 90-year-old grandmother slows him down and inspires him to rethink his priorities.
The eldest member of a rural community of grape growers refuses to sell his land to a greedy real estate company. When he seems cornered by the dirty tactics of a corrupt businessman, he must decide whether to give up everything he owns, or take control of the situation.
A comedy-drama examining generational divides, expression of self, and womanhood. When Maureen discovers that her local town hall has been converted into a bar, she rallies her knitting circle for a protest, only to find herself bonding with the owner, Siobhan, left questioning if they truly are...
