La Fleur de l'âge (2013)
Directed by Nick Quinn

Film Synopsis

Gaspard Dassonville is one of those indefatigable career junkies who resolutely refuses to grow old.  He may be 63 but he wears his age well and leads an active life as a television producer.  A busy love life also helps to keep him fit, and he has no difficulty luring women half his age into bed.  With age comes experience, and for an ageing Don Juan this can be a major asset.  Gaspard has to admit that he has never felt better than he does now.  He doesn't feel old, and he has no intention of growing old.  But then, all of a sudden, the illusion that he will remain forever young is cruelly torn from him when he is confronted with a vision of what he is to become - in the form of his decrepit old father, Hubert.

Well into his eighties, Hubert has now reached the stage in his life when he is completely incapable of looking after himself.  Gaspard has no choice but to accommodate the timeworn old man in his home, bringing an immediate end to his delusions of eternal youthfulness.  It's as bad as the Grim Reaper suddenly turning up on your door step - no, worse.  Every day, Gaspard will be confronted with the thing he is destined to become - a worn-out, incapable geriatric who is slowly decaying in both body and mind.   The challenge of looking after his cantankerous progenitor turns out to be beyond Gaspard's modest abilities, so he has no option but to find himself a professional carer.  He strikes lucky - Zana would seem to be the ideal person for the job.  The presence of this attractive young woman in their house proves to be as welcome to Hubert as it is to his son.  Zana seems to be just what the two men need to repair their damaged relationship and revive their flagging morale...