French Films with older couples
There is a growing list of films with older couples Today, there are about 600 million older people around the world, three times more than 50 years ago – and by 2050 there should be three times more again.
In 2012, France's National Centre for Cinema and Animation (CNC) carried out a survey of audience attendance in the country over the past 20 years. It showed that in 2011, for the first time, seniors made up the biggest section of the audience, with the over-50s accounting for 33.6%, compared with 31.3% of under-25s. In 1993 the figures were 18.2% for seniors and 43.9% for young people.
According to Benoît Danard, the CNC's head of research, there are two reasons for this: "First, because of demographic changes in France. The population is ageing and the percentage of seniors is about 26% higher than it was 20 years ago. And [second] that age group tends to go to the cinema far more often than before." Cinema attendance for the over-60s rose from 28% to 57% between 1993 and 2011. One explanation may be that having grown up with classic films and the French New Wave, this generation has remained faithful to its first love – and now has time and money to devote to it.
In 2012, France's National Centre for Cinema and Animation (CNC) carried out a survey of audience attendance in the country over the past 20 years. It showed that in 2011, for the first time, seniors made up the biggest section of the audience, with the over-50s accounting for 33.6%, compared with 31.3% of under-25s. In 1993 the figures were 18.2% for seniors and 43.9% for young people.
According to Benoît Danard, the CNC's head of research, there are two reasons for this: "First, because of demographic changes in France. The population is ageing and the percentage of seniors is about 26% higher than it was 20 years ago. And [second] that age group tends to go to the cinema far more often than before." Cinema attendance for the over-60s rose from 28% to 57% between 1993 and 2011. One explanation may be that having grown up with classic films and the French New Wave, this generation has remained faithful to its first love – and now has time and money to devote to it.
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- DirectorJean BeckerStarsGérard DepardieuGisèle CasadesusMauraneA semi-literate and lonely odd-job man bonds with a much older and well-read woman.An illiterate and lonely man bonds with an older and well-read woman.
- DirectorRené FéretStarsDominique MarcasMarion HeldJulien FéretBy René Féret about an old woman's loneliness;
- DirectorSarah PolleyStarsJulie ChristieMichael MurphyGordon PinsentA man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.By Sarah Polley, about the breakdown of a couple when the wife gets Alzheimer's
- DirectorAndré TéchinéStarsCatherine DeneuveGérard DepardieuGilbert MelkiTraveling from France to Tangiers, a man looks to reunite with his former love, though their romance ended some 30 years earlier.Traveling from France to Tangiers, a man looks to reunite with his former love, though their romance ended some 30 years earlier.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsJean-Louis TrintignantEmmanuelle RivaIsabelle HuppertGeorges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
- DirectorIsrael HorovitzStarsKevin KlineKristin Scott ThomasMaggie SmithAn American inherits an apartment in Paris that comes with an unexpected resident.
- DirectorRoger MichellStarsLindsay DuncanJim BroadbentJeff GoldblumA British couple return to Paris many years after their honeymoon there in an attempt to rejuvenate their marriage.
