Cannes Review: 'Youth' Makes Growing Old With Caine & Keitel Fun

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Reporting from the Cannes Film Festival. Most films depicting old age tell their stories slowly and move in a darker and depressing direction. While this isn’t always a bad thing, director Paolo Sorrentino’s new film Youth takes a more light-hearted approach to aging and it’s a welcome departure. The Italian filmmaker recently won the Best Foreign Language Oscar for The Great Beauty and all the fun and whimsy of that previous endeavor is on full display here as well. Youth is also Sorrentino’s second English-language film after the disastrous This Must Be the Place, a huge misfire that has paved the way for this return to form. ›››

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