Italian filmmaker Paulo Sorrentino was overlooked at Cannes in 2013 for the Palme d’Or, but perhaps it didn’t matter, as his sumptuous feature about excess and spiritual emptiness "The Great Beauty" won the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, as well as the Golden Globe. And like many foreign directors who get a good boost of global attention from the Oscars or an attention-grabbing festival win, for his follow-up effort, Sorrentino nabbed a bunch of Hollywood stars and made his second English-language effort (the first was “This Must Be the Place” with Sean Penn). Scooped up quick by Fox Searchlight—which probably speaks to its commercial appeal—Sorrentino’s latest film, “Youth,” centers on old men, aging and the ideas of obsolescence. Here’s our review followed by the official synopsis:
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Fred and Mick, two old friends approaching their eighties, are enjoying a vacation in a lovely hotel in the foothills of the Alps. Fred, a retired composer and conductor, has no intention of returning to his music career which he dropped a long time ago, while Mick, a director, is still working, hurrying to finish the screenplay of his latest film. Both friends know that their days are numbered and decide to face their future together. But unlike them, no one else seems worried about the passing of time…
The movie stars Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel in the lead roles and also features Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano and Jane Fonda. Check out four clips from the film below and while they might be dubbed in Italian, they give you a pretty good sense of the tone of the film. And warning, the first clip is NSFW. "Youth" has been picked up by Fox Searchlight, but no release date has been set just yet.