Film

Harold and Maude 1971

Directed by Hal Ashby

  • Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • 92 min
  • PG

They were meant to be. But exactly what they were meant to be is not quite clear.

A deadpan young man obsessed with death meets an eccentric septuagenarian who teaches him to live life to the fullest.

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Spare, intimate, character-led and prestige.

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  • intimateepic
  • character-ledplot-driven
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