在某老人护理机构供职的山岸佐和(安藤樱 饰)长久以来一直照顾生活不能自理的老人昭三(织本顺吉 饰)。某天昭三的女儿向其提出一个匪夷所思的要求,虽然有些勉强,佐和还是应承了下来,谁曾想这一决定竟彻底改变了她的命运。突如其来的灾难让佐和丢掉了工作,进而流落街头。在四处闲逛的时候,她先后邂逅了康夫(井上龙夫 饰)、阿茂(坂田利夫 饰)、义男(津川雅彦 饰)等有着各种各样怪癖和坏毛病的老年人。佐和就像恶意满满的魔女,不由分说闯入老人们的生活。她霸道地纠正老人们的恶习,却也为他们带来了久违的关怀……本片根据导演安藤桃子依据自身护理经验撰写的小说改编。
Three juxtaposing stories taking place in Portugal, Austria and Cuba create an intimate and poetic portrait of the daily lives and struggles of the elderly in an unstable world, seen through the eyes of their grandchildren.
A story with almost 100 years told by the 95 years old woman Floripes.
After being sentenced to community service, Sara begins working with Artur, a lonely septuagenarian in a wheelchair.
A boy and his ageing grandfather are connected by the music his grandfather plays. When the grandfather suddenly can’t remember how to play and his very own light goes out, the boy must find a way to bring his grandfather and the light back.
A patient camera glides over the everyday objects: still lives on the wall, flowers in the vase, a swaying drop light. The sun enters the cosy home where Noëlla sits smoking at her laptop, playing Solitaire. The situation is hopeless. She’s going to lose against the computer once again. All the while her son-in-law, Pierre, is organising everything she needs, pragmatic and friendly: breakfast, the (last) doctor’s visit – and then the transfer.
Short journey by tram in a big city where an older woman and a hasty man are bound together by circumstances. He is not pleased with it. Or is he?