Young @ Heart [DVD]

€3.22

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Reference: 8436027575757

They advertise themselves as "Seniors Behaving Badly" and it's a chorus unlike any other. Young@Heart is made up of retirees between the ages of 75 and 93 living in Northampton, Massachusetts, who have garnered excellent reviews in all parts of the world where they have performed. At an age when many people have died or are spending their last days in nursing homes, these retirees have taken the stage to belt out rock songs by Outkast, Jimi Hendrix and Radiohead.

This moving documentary follows the members of the choir as they prepare a new show, and throughout it emerges an extraordinarily intimate portrait of an exceptional group of people whose bodies may have aged but who simply refuse to let their spirits age. Because the film is not only about a unique group of singers, but also about one of the most challenging issues: old age. On the lips of all these older people, the lyrics of well-known songs take on a new intensity. Their interpretations break some of the biggest taboos around old age: love, sex, the loss of youth and loneliness, illness and, above all, death.