We Won't Grow Old Together

We Won't Grow Old Together

Directed by Maurice Pialat

Produced by Gaumont, Empire Films

1972110 min7.0 / 10

A raw, melancholic portrait of a doomed affair caught in cycles of passion and destruction, where desire and incompatibility are inseparable.

Jean, a married 40-year-old filmmaker, and his young working class lover, Catherine, engage in a circular series of spectacular blow-ups and tentative reunions, their mutual desire a fire that burns them again and again.

Questions people ask

  • Is We Won't Grow Old Together sad? Yes, very. More sad than 98% of films.

  • Does We Won't Grow Old Together end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is We Won't Grow Old Together easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is We Won't Grow Old Together violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is We Won't Grow Old Together scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

74/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity89

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise65

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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