The Humbling

The Humbling

Older but not wiser.

2014112 min5.1 / 10

A darkly comic study of aging, desire, and self-delusion, where an actor's attempt to recapture vitality through a younger woman becomes a meditation on mortality and irrelevance.

Following a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor becomes involved with a much younger woman but soon finds that it's difficult to keep pace with her.

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