Vieillir ensemble – Coups de vieux

“Vieillir n’est pas l’apanage des vieux…” affirme Bruno Aguila. Par ce documentaire, le réalisateur nous parle de la vieillesse à travers les âges. Neuf personnes de 19 à 78 ans témoignent d’un épisode de leur vie où ils se sont sentis prendre un “coup de vieux”. (Durée: 53 mn)

Portraits de vieux

Dans le magazine INTELLIGENT LIFE

LEO ABSE

More and more people are reaching their 90s–and living a full life. We sent Maureen Cleave, a mere 73, to ask four of them what lies ahead. Here, she introduces the series and meets her first 90-something, the author and campaigner Leo Abse …

DIANA ATHILL

In our second instalment of “Bright Old Things”, our feature on vibrant, contented 90-somethings, Maureen Cleave talks to Diana Athill, a publisher turned autobiographer. “Seventy is the beginning of being old,” she observes …

BETTY STEVENS

In our third instalment of “Bright Old Things”, our feature on 90-somethings with storied and contented lives, Maureen Cleave talks to Betty Stevens, who takes her 73 descendants in stride. “God decides how long we’re going to live,” she remarks  

BRIAN POWER

On the fourth and final instalment of “Bright Old Things”, our feature on 90-somethings with storied and contented lives, Maureen Cleave talks to Brian Power, altar boy, war hero, Buddhist and tennis player. “Age is relative”, he says …