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Synopsis: Lake is an unusual boy: he is a young man with an old soul who discovers he has an odd fixation on the elderly. Realizing that some day, if fate allows, he will be one himself, he is particularly fascinated by old men. He imagines their age to be a beautiful thing and recognizes how these men were once young and vibrant and attractive, as he is now. Although Lake has a girlfriend his own age, named Desiree, he wonders sometimes if his fixation on old men is unnatural and unhealthy - perhaps even sexual. When his mother, who is a nurse, takes on a management job at an old folks home, Lake jumps at her offer of a summer job as an orderly there. Gradually, Lake comes to discover that the old people in the institution are being given psychotropic drugs to keep them in a catatonic state. Lake befriends one old man in particular, Mr. Peabody, who still seems to have some fight left in him. They begin to form a strong bond. Mr. Peabody charms Lake with romantic stories of his youth and confes
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Bruce La Bruce
Production: Strand Releasing
  2 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
48
Rotten Tomatoes:
46%
UNRATED
Year:
2013
82 min
£4,780
Website
83 Views


Hit me.

-Not just yet. First

we need another tip off.

I hope we have enough

for Vermouth.

-...'muth', dear, 'muth'.

Remember just a tad.

You don't want

to bruise the gin.

Old men and gin

bruise so easily.

M. Peabody, what's

going on in there?

Are you both out of your minds?

-It was his idea.

-Great. Pick up

your shoes. Let's go.

Do you know what your mother

would say if she found out

about this?

-How will she nd out?

-What am I going to do with you?

Aille, aille, aille get dressed.

Let's go.

Come on, hurry up.

Come on, come on.

I really don't know what

I'm going to do with you.

Sorry, I haven't been

around much lately.

I've been working a lot.

So have I.

Are you sure there isn't

something else?

Lake, tell me.

You know that you can talk

to me about anything.

-Are you sure about that?

I think there might

be something wrong with me.

I think I may have a...

A fetish.

You mean like leather?

-Not that bad.

I saw your sketchbook.

Is that what you're

talking about?

Those drawings?

Okay, this is like freaking

me out a little bit,

so um... I have to give the car back to my dad. Do you want me

to drop you off?

-No, thanks. I think I'll walk.

I'm not a saint.

What's wrong with

you today, boy?

l think l broke up

with my girlfriend.

What was her name again?

-Desiree.

-Ah yes, Desiree.

-Such a poetic name,

the desired one.

Did I tell you that historically

she was the ance...

-Of Napolon, yeah, you told me.

Would you like to talk about it?

-No, that's okay.

Melvin,

Do you ever think

about the future?

If you could go anywhere

in the world, where would you

want to go?

-I've always wanted to visit

the Pacic ocean again,

but maybe that's a little

too pie in the sky.

At this point, I'd settle

for some fresh air.

Hey bro.

There you go.

Okay, that's good.

Melvin?

I'm going to get

you out of here.

What did you do to him?

Lake, have

a drink. What's wrong?

-I'm talking about Melvin,

Mr. Peabody.

You and this old man...

...it's just not right!

-I don't know what you're

talking about.

-You know what I'm talking

about. Everybody knows what

I'm talking about. It's disgusting.

Didn't I raise you right?

-Mom, you're drunk,

you're imagining things.

Don't lie to your mother!

Of course I'm drunk.

My son is f***ing

an 80 year old man!

-Mom, what's disgusting is how

those old men are being treated.

It's like Night of the Living Dead in that place.

-Don't make excuses

about what you're doing.

And don't walk away

while I'm talking to you.

Lake, open the door!

Lake, open the door now.

-Where are you going?

-For a drive.

-Not with my car, you're not.

Give me the keys.

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