Old (film)

Old is a 2021 horror thriller film about follows a group of people who find themselves aging rapidly on a secluded beach.

Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, based on the French-language Swiss graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Levy and Frederik Peeters.

It's only a matter of time. (taglines)

Prisca Cappa

• [to Trent aged 6] Stop wishing away this moment.

• There's something wrong with this beach!

Trent Cappa

• How would you feel if a fifty-year-old man called and said he was your six-year-old nephew?

Other

• Mid-Sized Sedan: [signs of aging are more noticeable on certain skin colors] First time they wish they were Black.

• Kara Aged 15: [now pregnant] We were just playing. It's ok. I just got a little fat.

Dialogue

Jarin: The dog has died!

Charles: He was only just alive!

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Kara Aged 15: I'm scared.

Trent Aged 15: It's best to focus on specifics in the present in unsettling situations.

Kara Aged 15: Mm-hmm.

Trent Aged 15: Like breathing.

Kara Aged 15: What's happening to us? Are we sick, too?

Trent Aged 15: No, I don't think so. I think we're just growing.

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Trent Aged 15: Babies crying helps them breathe. We looked that up, didn't we, Mom?

Patricia: We wrapped him around the towel to clean him up, then he looked around and closed his eyes. We had him around the towel for one minute.

Chrystal: He died from lack of attention!

Mid-Sized Sedan: Things are moving too fast here for the baby to survive.

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[Kara and Trent sit in the sand as she clutches the remains of their newborn son and stares off into the distance]

Kara Aged 15: We're not getting off this beach. We never had a prom. Or a graduation. There's so many memories we didn't have. It's not fair...

Trent Aged 15: [leaning against her] He needs to rest now.

[She looks at him, then away again, vacantly loosening her grip on the bundle and allowing him to take it]

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Guy: Were we fighting about something?

Prisca: We were.

Guy: Well... whatever it was, I'm not mad anymore. I can't remember - why did we want to leave this beach? So beautiful... It doesn't matter. It's funny, I forget the word... it's about my feelings for you.

Prisca: I know.

Taglines

• It's only a matter of time.

Cast

• Gael García Bernal — Guy Cappa
• Vicky Krieps — Prisca Cappa
• Rufus Sewell — Charles
• Alex Wolff — Trent Cappa
  • Emun Elliott (adult)
  • Luca Faustino Rodriguez (age 11)
  • Nolan River (age 6)
• Thomasin McKenzie — Maddox Cappa
  • Embeth Davidtz (adult)
  • Alexa Swinton (age 11)
• Abbey Lee — Chrystal
• Nikki Amuka-Bird — Patricia Carmichael
• Ken Leung — Jarin Carmichael
• Eliza Scanlen — Kara
  • Mikaya Fisher (age 11)
  • Kylie Begley (age 6)
• Aaron Pierre — Mid-Sized Sedan/Brendan

External links

• Old quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Old at Rotten Tomatoes