The Gerontological Movies Blog

What does The Blue Trail tell us about aging, freedom, and the place of older people in society? This provocative Brazilian dystopia imagines a future in which people over 75 are removed from society. Through three gerontological reflections, I explore the film’s ageism, its emancipatory message, and its challenging cultural context.

The film embarks on a deeply personal journey of the hero to find Miko, the Japanese woman he fell in love with more than fifty years earlier.

A Kind of Madness (2025), directed by Christiaan Olwagen, is a poignant South African drama that explores love, aging, and dementia.

How an inter-generational restaurant becomes a celebration of family, community, and cultural heritage, showing how food can help heal grief and bring people together.

There are almost no drama movies focused on geriatric institutional care. Allelujah is one of the first of its kind that tries that.

Since her unforgettable performance in Cohen brothers' movie Fargo, I knew Frances McDormand was something special. Since then, she...

So, finally I get to review a gerontological movie from Latin America - this time from Chile. While usually my policy is not to include...