We all know that all ages are submissive to love, great poets composed verses about it, legendary writers wrote novels. But the cinema did not stand aside. The list of films about love with a difference in age was made up of all known publications. And world directors filmed, are filming and will be making a movie about love, in which, in addition to plot twists and turns, the problem of a big difference in age also arises. What films about forbidden love and age difference can be considered the best?
“This Awkward Moment,” 2015
The director of the picture is Jean-Francois Richet, starring talented actors: Vincent Cassel, Francois Clauzet, Lola Le Lannes. For Kassel, this film became somewhat prophetic, because literally that summer the actor began to build relationships with the young Tina Kunaki. It is in this film that his adult hero at the age of 42 begins a relationship with the seductive beauty of 18 years. The events in the film begin with the fact that old friends go on a trip to the coast of Corsica and take their daughters with them. The purpose of the trip is ordinary relaxation and a pleasant pastime. Friends relax, their girls spend their free time at parties, but everything turns upside down when one of them begins to feel feelings for her father’s friend. Here, the tsunami of problems covers with his head and the main question arises: do such relations exist that the girl’s father says? It is unlikely that he will be delighted with such a couple. The film is easy to watch, a great acting, a nice plot - these are the main elements on which a good movie rests.
Reader, 2008
The film is based on the novel "The Reader" by a German writer, and part-time professor and lawyer - Bernhard Schlink. The director of the picture is Stephen Daldry, and starring Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, David Cross. The plot of this story is literally saturated with touchingness, the charm of first love, as well as terrible losses. The picture tells us how suddenly the warmest feelings flare up between a young man and an adult woman. Films about love, the age difference of which outweighs women, are usually perceived by the audience much harder than vice versa.
What is the movie about?
They met by chance, here is the matter of His Majesty the case. However, this acquaintance turned the lives of both upside down. The actions in the film capture a very long period of time, it is not one dozen years. Therefore, it is very interesting to watch how the characters grow and change every year. This film is about the frightening secrets of the past and how past deeds affect fate. And all these sentimental events are accompanied by the fascinating atmosphere of Germany in the mid-twentieth century. It was at that time that the post-war reconstruction period began. And this complicates the relationship of the heroes, as the world is adjusting in a new way, it is beginning to develop, but despite this, echoes of the past still sound in the minds of the people. Especially worth noting is the main actress Kate Winslet, who for her role received such high awards as the Oscars and Golden Globes. This is a film about a big difference in age, love, loyalty and devotion in which it touches to the heart.
Malena, 2000
The plot of the picture is based on the story of Luciano Vincenzoni "Malena", directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. The cast is gorgeous - Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico. Many critics attribute this film to the list of instinctive masterpieces of world cinema. Here, absolutely everything deserves attention: a gorgeous shooting, an entertaining plot with notes of touchingness and, without a doubt, the stunning Monica Bellucci, which fits perfectly into love films with a difference in age. Obviously, the actress plays a luxurious young lady, the beauty of which the whole city speaks of. She leaves, and people are fascinated by the trail, they do not stop talking about her for a second. The situation changes when it becomes known that her husband died in the war.
Now the opposite sex escorts the lady only with a lascivious gaze, women openly express their hatred and discontent, spread false rumors, not sparing anyone's feelings. In such a situation, even beauty begins to work against a woman. Events in the life of the main character, the audience watches through the eyes of a little boy who, just like the others, fell under the wave of charm of a burning brunette. And only he becomes the only one in the whole city who has not turned his back, who continued to defend her to the end. This film about love with a big age difference found a response from the viewer.
“I love trouble”, 1994
We all remember the young and charming Julia Roberts in her roles in such world-class films as Beauty, Runaway Bride and many others. So, are you missing the smile of a young Hollywood beauty? Want to watch a great movie with a sharp and unpredictable plot? Then the picture of director Charles Scheyer is just what you need.
The story begins with a mysterious accident on the railway. Two journalists are investigating this mysterious case. One of them is the famous newspaper reporter, who for a second does not doubt either his skills or charisma and charm. The other is a young and very brave journalist who is ready to do everything if she is to be in the forefront in all sensational stories and leave an experienced reporter behind. It is very interesting to watch the development of relations between the two heroes, because each of them is trying to play his own game, to overtake the other. But at some point it becomes clear that a professional race does not mean anything, because they are literally drawn to each other.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008
The legendary picture of the famous director David Fincher, which, along with Fight Club, Social Network, Disappeared, is considered one of the most successful in the director’s career. Already by the cast it becomes clear that the picture will be a masterpiece. Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton and many others. The plot is based on the story of Francis Scott Fitzgerald. And despite the fact that the story was placed on only 50 pages, it turned out to squeeze out a full-length film. There is already applause for the scriptwriters.
Story line
A film about love with a difference in age tells us about the incredible fate of a person whose life goes in the opposite order than we all are used to. That is, he was born an old man and gradually began to get younger. Together with the main character, the viewer also learns the world first as a deep old man, followed by a man of fifty years old and at the very end through the eyes of a baby. Throughout the “reverse” life, Daisy was always with Benjamin. Which also lived a full life, but grew up as set by nature. Imagine for a second that you meet your beloved when you are a child, and he is an old man. Time passes, you “catch up” with each other, only after that you irrevocably age, and he becomes younger. The fact that the tape can be attributed to the masterpieces of world cinema, we are told not only by millions of enthusiastic viewers, but also 10 nominations for the Oscars, three of which were deservedly won.