The Time of Their Lives

The ultimate coming-of-age movie

With a combined age of almost 300, Hetty, Rose and Alison love to share their concerns on everything from terrorism and global warming to sex, death and the meaning of life. Rose, at 101, is the oldest newspaper columnist in the world; Hetty, 102, is still marching against war; and Alison, 88, a one-time Communist Party member is now a self-styled ‘establishment lady’. Surprising, passionate and at times very funny, they speak honestly from the end of life, bringing to the screen a rare perspective on old age.

The Time of Their Lives premiered at Sheffield DocFest and has screened at festivals in London, Paris, Belgrade and Dublin, as well as SxSW in Austin, SilverDocs in Washington, Bergen International Film Festival and St John's Film Festival in Canada. The television version was broadcast on BBC Storyville in July 2009.The Time of Their Lives reveals the everyday mystery of how very old people experience life and the intense challenges that old age brings. Like first-hand witnesses reporting back from the edge of their own mortality, Hetty, Rose and Alison tell us things which are never spoken of.

Awards: Grand Prix winner of Rio's International Femina Film Festival

'Its compelling characters bring to the screen a rare perspective on old age positive, life-affirming, yet essentially documentary - a perspective that will surprise, entertain and provoke.' - Jo Cammack

'These women have led full lives, and they have much to say about men, religion, life.' - Washington Times

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