The 40-Year-Old Version (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 129 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Radha Blank
Stars: Radha Blank, Peter Y. Kim and Oswin Benjamin
IMDb score:
7,2 (5.675)
Releasedate: 25 January 2020
The 40-Year-Old Version plot
"Find your own voice."
Once a promising playwright, now at 40 Radha is in danger of being left single and struggling with her creativity. While she tries to teach a gang of teenagers, she is repeatedly rejected by the theater world. After a long time, she returns to her former passion: rapping.
Reviews & comments
Mescaline
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- 7047 messages
- 2961 votes
This film deserves a lot more attention than it has received to date. Wonderfully true to life story with a woman who is very interesting and colorful to follow. Nice dry humor (sometimes almost a bit Woody Allen) but at the same time catchy and partly recognizable drama elements.
Radha Blank plays her herself, I don't know how much there is truth, but it certainly leaves a strong impression on me.
Dare to dream, a beautiful message that is unfortunately often hard to find for me.
Wonderful movie!
4*
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Film Pegasus (moderator films)
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- 30827 messages
- 5356 votes
The life of a 40-year-old woman in Harlem. She struggles with a combination of growing older, prejudices about black Americans, the showbiz life that can disappear after 1 success, the death of her mother, ... A point in which she has to make difficult choices and has lost herself somewhat. . A kind of mockumentary perhaps with Radha Blank who took on both direction and leading role, and it is anyone's guess how far she plays herself.
It doesn't matter to me whether this is the real Radha, the film character Radha is certainly fascinating enough. Cinematographically, the whole thing is somewhat reduced to black and white, but it is not bad in itself. It also helps to focus even more on the main character. Especially an interesting script, the film itself sometimes finds its way. But the story and themes are worth it.
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mrklm
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- 10183 messages
- 9284 votes
Radha Blank wrote, directed and starred in this somewhat meandering, but nevertheless often entertaining semi-autobiographical comedy drama about drama teacher Radha, a forty-year-old black woman from Harlem who struggles with her identity and her ambitions. Radha has not been able to realize her dream of becoming a successful playwright and she feels that she has not only failed herself, but also her deceased mother. Moreover, Radha has little confidence in the play she is preparing with a group of young people and hopes to find renewed inspiration to experiment with hip-hop. Radha is an endearing, authentic personality and convincingly wins the viewer's sympathy. An excellent character study, but partly because the supporting roles barely shine, it never becomes more than that.
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