The Age of Adaline
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| Directed by | Lee Toland Krieger |
| Produced by |
Sidney Kimmel Gary Lucchesi Tom Rosenberg |
| Written by |
J. Mills Goodloe Salvador Paskowitz |
| Starring |
Blake Lively Michiel Huisman Kathy Baker Harrison Ford Ellen Burstyn |
| Narrated by | Hugh Ross |
| Music by | Rob Simonsen |
| Cinematography | David Lanzenberg |
| Edited by | Melissa Kent |
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| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $65.7 million |
The Age of Adaline is a 2015 American romantic fantasy film about a woman who stops aging after an accident at the age of 29. It was directed by Lee Toland Krieger and written by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz. The film stars Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Kathy Baker, Amanda Crew, Harrison Ford, and Ellen Burstyn. The film was theatrically released on April 24, 2015 by Lionsgate.
One afternoon in San Francisco, Adaline Bowman purchases fake IDs at an apartment before returning home to feed her dog. She then goes to work and opens a box of film reels, including one that explains her life. She was born on New Years Day 1908, then later married and gave birth to a daughter, only to become a widow after her husband died in a tragic accident. Years later, in 1937, Adaline crashed her car when she swerved into a ravine during a freak snowstorm and died in the freezing lake nearby, but a lightning strike suddenly revived her. From that moment, Adaline has stayed physically 29 years old.
Ever since, she has changed her identification and address according to the era, while her daughter Flemming ages normally, appearing older than Adeline. One night, two suspicious FBI agents attempt to force her onto an airplane for study, but she escapes captivity and realizes that she will have to spend the rest of her life on the run.
On New Year's Eve in the present year, she attends a party where she meets Ellis Jones, introducing herself as Jennifer. He asks to see her again but she refuses, knowing she can never fall in love because she can never have a natural future with someone. The next day at work, Ellis arrives and again asks Adaline to go on a date with him. Finally she accepts, and after a second date they spend the night together.
In a flashback, Adaline is shown pulling up in a cab to a park where a man is waiting, holding an engagement ring. Scared, she asks the cab driver to keep going. Back in the present day, Adaline's dog falls ill and she begins to ignore Ellis' calls. He shows up at her apartment but she pushes him away, only to have a change of heart while looking through some old photographs and realizing she doesn't want to live the same year a hundred times without having a natural life.
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