42 Up. U.K

Description

Now firmly in midlife territory, the Up series depicts the daily and long-term challenges its participants face at age 42. Do they even remotely resemble the youngsters of 7 Up, or are those wide-eyed children unrecognizable now? Did the Jesuit maxim on which the series was founded - Give me the child until he is seven and I will show you the man - prove baseless, too speculative, or does it have some merit? Viewers can judge for themselves as Symon talks about his mother's passing and how he regrets his lack of career ambition...as Tony's family leaves the East End for middle-class suburban environs...and as Jackie reflects on having more children out of wedlock and being dependent on her former mother-in-law. Nick has found success in America, although probably not to the extent that Andrew, now a flourishing lawyer, enjoys. Perhaps the most surprising story is Neil's - he has battled back from mental illness and now pursues a career in local politics.

Runtime

134 min

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Date of Publication

[2013], c1998

Database

Films on Demand

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