The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
by Paula on Feb.02, 2009, under Movie descriptions, Trailers
On the day that Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, elderly Daisy Williams is
on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud the diary of Daisy’s lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin’s diary recounts his entire extraordinary life, the primary unusual aspect of which was his aging backwards, getting younger with time. Abandoned by his biological father, Thomas Button, Benjamin was raised by Queenie, a black woman and caregiver at a seniors home. Daisy’s grandmother was a resident at that home, which is where she first met Benjamin. Although separated through the years, Daisy and Benjamin remain in contact throughout their lives, reconnecting in their forties when in age they finally match up. Some of the revelations in Benjamin’s diary are difficult for Caroline to read, especially as it relates to the time past this reconnection between Benjamin and Daisy, when Daisy gets older and Benjamin grows younger into his childhood years.
A movie adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.
