Harold and Maude

Harold and Maude

They were meant to be. But exactly what they were meant to be is not quite clear.

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Release Date

12/20/1971

Runtime

92 mins

Overview

The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,200,000

Revenue

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A darkly funny meditation on living fully in the shadow of death, where a suicidal young man and a life-embracing octogenarian find kinship at funerals and realize there's more than one way to be alive. It's simultaneously tender and morbid, treating mortality and connection with equal whimsy.

Mood

WhimsicalBittersweetDefiantWistful

Themes

MortalityComing of ageLoveIsolation

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticPainterly

Structure

Two-hander

Heads up

Suicide and self-harm

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