All Together [HD]

`If you don't see any objection, I'd rather decompose at home.' Coming of Old Age
ALL TOGETHER (Et si on vivait tous ensemble?) is an important French film written and directed by Stéphane Robelin that addresses the ever more important question of aging. People are living longer and while that has its benefits it also poses problems not only for the aging population who must learn to cope with their diminishing facilities but also for the families of those who may not be content with their fading importance and individuality. In other words, how will we each cope with getting old without loved ones that are willing to hold our hand and be comfortably at our side until the end? Films such as this are being created more frequently (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel form this year also addressed similar issues as The Bucket Plan and other in the recent past). Where ALL TOGETHER differs is in the honest way the feelings and expectations and coping codes are managed with dignity without losing the lightness of comedy.

Annie (Geraldine Chaplin) Jean (Guy...

I Want Something Jollier!
Jane Fonda, playing Jeanne in this French film is searching for her coffin, she wants 'something jollier', something in pink! 'All Together' is a film about five 70'year old long time friends. They're all getting older, some becoming forgetful, some ill and they need each other.

The USA film about growing older, needing help and assistance and the love of friends. The philosophy rings true, but there is a lot missing in this film. Jane Fonda is the liveliest, who brings humor and love to the group. Her husband, Pierre Richards, plays forgetful, Albert. Geraldine Chaplin plays Annie and her husband, Guy Bedos, plays Jean. Claude Rich plays Claude, the old Bon vivant who lives alone and is the incentive for moving in together. Of course, incidents happen, tempers fray and life is not a bed of roses. A tragic incident brings them all together, finally, and it left me wondering who will be left, ad who will take care of the last one.

Terrific acting, but the...

Don't throw the baby with the bath water!
Five older friends, choose to live together instead of living in nursing care facilities. Their children are opposed to their "living" ideas. It is a peak into the future for most people. Their health deteriorating, they realize that they should be there together to bolster each other up and encourage each other in their late life.

In the process of living, a young man helps them and writes his thesis on their life, documenting their hardships and their joys. His conversations with the character Jeanne embarrasses him as she talks of sexuality freely.

Even if you are not (like me) a fan of Jane Fonda for political reasons, still enjoy the movie and all its realistic situations. It is sad that some people think that the elderly lose their sexuality and become a-sexual. In fact it is not true and this movie makes these people in their 70s more approachable and real. It might offend some but it is real.

Leaving the water in the tub running to overflow,...

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