Old Age Movies

One of society’s last taboos is elderly desire, which remains strong for many: half of older adults remain sexual. Advances in medicine and...

With an empathetic and intimate lens, veteran filmmaker Denys Desjardins captures his elderly mother's experience of neglect in Quebec's healthcare...

A cheerful documentary about the daily life of a community of Franciscan sisters. “Hasta mañana, si Dios quiere” (See you...

Each knot on a red string marks a man’s journey through life and the sacrifices he makes. Far from home, he struggles to balance duty, dreams,...

The daily crosswords-and-coffee ritual, when difficult to decipher, revives the memories of a woman's household, materialized in the spaces of her...

In a country house, Armando, a proud and somewhat macho grandfather, loses his bearings when his wife falls ill. He will learn to accept help from...

Timi (23) has just been transferred to the Oncology department. She is a meticulous nurse who follows the rules and tries to do her job to the best...

Eighty-year-old Tadeusz lives a quiet life as a pensioner with his wife Helena. After years of working in a hospital, he wants to enjoy old age and...

The director's mother is 90 years old—and is beginning to forget herself. Not only herself, but everything else as well. She has dementia. Only...

Dona Maria, a woman in her seventies, is alone at home with her thoughts. Abandoned by everyone—and by the life she once nurtured with such...

While everyone wants to die "at home" without suffering and surrounded by loved ones, in reality almost everyone dies in hospital. What healthcare...

The artist Sergente Palmerino and his wife lose their business, their home, and everything they had built in Montreal since the late 1930s in a fire.

A woman who focused on being a mother feels that she no longer has any purpose now that her son has made his own life, until one lonely night after a...

Jaime has lost his job and has to provide for his wife, son and daughter. Pressured by this circumstances, he visits his mom, who lives in an...

Gregorio cannot fend for himself, so he is under the care of his family. With no one understanding his true needs, his only option will be to escape...

François, Renée, Gisèle, Sylvain. These seniors do not have much in common, but their lives have been shaped by episodes of...

An elderly man named Ven is about to be sent to a nursing home by his son, Rey. Searching for his sense of worth as he grapples with his age, he...

This title was completed in 1984 and opened in 2014.