“The world has changed since the last century. Adalin - no. ” You can attach any meaning to this phrase if you do not know that this is a movie. Vek Adalin was released in cinemas a year ago (in 2015) and gathered completely different reviews and opinions of film critics. On the one hand, this film is very boring, without much embellishment, which Hollywood directors love so much. When watching the movie, it seems that something interesting, incredible, amazing is about to happen. But nothing happens.
On the other hand, Adalin Bowman (the main character) makes you think about the essence of being. Not superficially, not just to evaluate your life, but deeply, paying attention to every moment, every second ... And to understand that eternity is torment.
About the film "Age of Adalin"
The theme of eternal youth is raised in cinema with enviable regularity. But while in all the other films that have been released, attention is focused on how beautiful it would be, then the “Age of Adalin” shows the reverse side of the coin. And she, alas, is gloomy.
Lee Toland Krieger, director of the film, thoroughly approached the issue of its creation. But, unfortunately, not all people can just as deeply penetrate the essence of the script to understand and accept what he is trying to convey to people. Krieger even dares to suggest that in 2030 physicists will be able to invent a law according to which a person can get immortality. But is it necessary? The painting "The Age of Adalin" most colorfully answers this question.
The Story of Adalin Bowman: The First 29 Years of Life
On January 1, 1908, at exactly 00:01, the most ordinary child, a girl, was born. The only thing you can pay attention to is that she became the first person born this year. Then no one could even imagine that her fate was forever ...
In mid-June 1928, Adalin and his mother set off for the bridge, which was soon to be completed and opened. By the will of fate, the wind tears off the hat that the handsome young man catches from the girl’s head. Already in September, he becomes the husband of Adalin Bowman, and after 4 years they have a daughter, whom the couple names in honor of their maternal grandmother - Flem. In February 1937, Adalin's husband died. Exactly 10 months after this event, on December 17, 1937, something happens that changed the whole life of the girl.
Deal with fate
Adalin was going to her five-year-old daughter when the rarest snow for the area began to fall. Due to precipitation, the girl lost control, her car flew off a cliff and ended its movement in the icy water of the lake. At this point, a male voice-overs describes what is happening in the body of a young woman. In short, because of ice-cold water, Adalin's body temperature begins to drop. When it drops to 30 degrees, the heart stops beating. Otherwise, doctors would record the time of death. But then something happens that cannot be explained: lightning strikes the car. This powerful “beam” acted on Adalin Bowman, more precisely, on her heart, like a defibrillator. The discharge was so powerful that the girl came to life. In a literal sense, she returned from the other world, having survived a clinical death.
The curse of eternal life
Daughter is growing - Adalin is not getting old. At first, a 40-year-old woman, who doesn’t even look 30, laughed off when her friends asked how she managed to keep her appearance so well. French cream, proper nutrition - a woman is trying to find an excuse. The turning point is the usual verification of documents when Adalin violated the rules of the road. The policeman asks the girl to call into the station with a birth certificate, and then he will issue her driver's license back.
A woman understands that staying here in this city, where many people know her, is becoming dangerous. Suspicions came true - one evening, when she was collecting home from work, representatives of the special services were waiting for her at the entrance. Then Adalin Bowman was incredibly able to get out of the car into which she was put and brought to the helipad. Miraculously avoiding endless experiments, she says goodbye to her daughter and leaves the city. Since then, only three were on the list of her constant environment: her beloved dog, daughter, and a blind pianist who could not even imagine how young her friend looked.
“You need to stop.”
For the next 78 years, an ageless girl is forced to change her place of residence, job, name and surname every decade. Only age remains unchanged - she is always 29. It is not known how much more she would run if not for “unexpected love,” which came when she was not expected at all. But Adalin was waiting. After all, who does not want to meet old age with a loved one. And she constantly had to run away.
During the celebration of the offensive of 2015, when the young beauty was about to turn 107 years old, she met her eyes with a handsome guy. In such cases, they say that a spark flew between them. The girl at that moment was already preparing for the move and even acquired new documents. But the 83-year-old daughter, who looked more like her grandmother, already then began to say: “Stop!” Adalin herself thought about this, but at the same time understood that she could not do this. Will not be able to stop. Adalin Bowman, whose biography stretched for a century, was very tired of infinity, but did not understand how to fix the situation.
Perhaps the girl would have done the same as she always did: she moved to another city with new documents. But she decides to go with Ellis, her boyfriend, to his parents. Who could know that her lover's father, William, is the ex-boyfriend of a charming “old woman”. At first, she said that Adalin is her mother. The old man believed, although he never ceased to be surprised at the similarities. The scar on the arm from the deep cut that the woman received while resting with William played a role. And he himself sutured the edges of the wound. As they say - it’s pointless to unlock. Adalin showed weakness, she told William everything, but then she realized that she needed to run. The man only managed to repeat several times to her: "Do not do this, stop running away, you need to stop."
Inverse effect
Further, the film about Adalin Bowman tells how everything fell into place. Having left in Ellis’s car, she nevertheless realized that she couldn’t continue like this. Deciding to return, the girl began to turn around the car, crashed into another car and rolled off a cliff. This time there was no reservoir, the car turned over several times, Adalin flew out the window and froze. Her body temperature dropped to 30 degrees. She took 2 breaths for a minute, and then her heart stopped beating.
It's snowing. Like then, 78 years ago. Ellis, who followed Adalin and saw an upturned car, ran to the woman, began to do artificial respiration, heart massage, but to no avail. Adalin again experienced a clinical death, from which paramedics with a defibrillator, whose discharge was approximately the same power as that lightning, were taken out of it. When the girl was discharged from the hospital, going to the mirror, she discovered gray hair, and realized that now her desire to grow old and die next to her loved one is finally realized. She told Ellis everything, and now they will live without secrets the years that fate took them.
Many people think that Adalin Bowman is a real story, a real person. But this is not so. Although, who knows, maybe the truth is that somewhere on Earth a young 107-year-old beauty is looking for her refuge ...