Harold und Maude
(1971)
Regisseur:
Hal AshbySchauspieler:
Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Cyril Cusack, Charles Tyner, Ellen Geer, Eric Christmas, G. Wood, Judy Engles, Shari Summers, Vivian Pickles, Tom SkerrittHarold ist depressiv und kauzig. Die Aufmerksamkeit seiner begüterten Familie versucht er durch spektakuläre Selbstmordinszenierungen zu erringen. Er lernt die 79jährige Maude kennen, deren Exzentrik ihn fasziniert. Er verliebt sich in sie und will sie heiraten.
Hal Ashbys anarchistische Kultkomödie erzählt die Liebesgeschichte zwischen einem 18- und einer 79-Jährigen: Ein makabres Vergnügen zur Musik von Cat Stevens.
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.
