In 2015, cinema brought us a very sophisticated fantasy masterpiece starring spoiled Hollywood Blake Lively as Adeline Bowman, where the movie “Adeline’s Age” tells the story of a woman who is struck by lightning at 29, which makes her age stand still, i.e. that

she never grows up.

The film explores the idea of immortality versus humanity, after the mysterious incident, Adline becomes to see everyone around her growing and changing and even dying, while Adline remains unchanging as if the rules of time do not run on her

The film studies the idea of immortality as a blessing and a curse, that is, immortality is actually tempting, but it deprives a person of its natural experiences, such as old age, for example. Which makes us see that the movie raises an existential question: Is eternal life really a good thing, even if it is at the expense of human relationships and the fleeting moments that give life

meaning?

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