April 23, 2015

Cinemascope: Wrinkles

Cinemascope is a regular blog post where I will share with you movies and TV shows I think are worth watching.


Released in 2011.

Plot line: Based on Paco Roca's comic of the same title (2008 Spanish National Comic Prize), WRINKLES is a 2D animated feature-length film for an adult audience. Wrinkles portrays the friendship between Emilio and Miguel, two aged gentlemen shut away in a care home. Recent arrival Emilio, in the early stages of Alzheimer, is helped by Miguel and colleagues to avoid ending up on the feared top floor of the care home, also known as the lost causes or "assisted" floor. Their wild plan infuses their otherwise tedious day-to-day with humor and tenderness, because although for some their lives are coming to an end, for them it is just a new beginning

This is a sad and poignant movie about a topic which many people seem unable to talk or think about. I loved this exploration of families, and aging, and aging healthy versus not. 

You can see the movie trailer here. If you have yet to see it, this is a movie worth watching.

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