"45 Years," "Youth"

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Two movies for adult. No kids telling their parents what to do. Excellent material and excellent cast.

"45 years" - if anyone saw it, would like to hear about the secret without spoiling for others that, frankly, it was my spouse who pointed it.

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1. 45 Years was ok

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The two lead actors were really good but I thought the story was weak. I also didn't care too much about the two leads. I need to care about the characters for me to really like a film.

Secret? About the dude's dead lover?

I started to watch Youth but haven't finished it. It was a little boring for me. Good cast, though.

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2. The secret - spoiler alert

even though it was revealed on some reviews

His dead lover was pregnant. All his wife knew was that he had a girl friend who died in an accident. She later realized that up in the attic he had a shire for her. Kept all the travel diaries, may photos and in one of them she realized the girl was pregnant.

She felt that her whole marriage was a sham.

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3. Yes, I knew that. -spoiler

I noticed she was pregnant in one of the photos shown during the slideshow.

I just thought it was going to be a better movie. Tom Courtenay was better than Charlotte Rampling, imo, and Rampling got nominated and Courtenay did not.