On the day that Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, elderly Daisy Williams (nee Fuller) 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, being diagnosed with several aging diseases at birth and thus given little chance of survival, but who does survive and gets younger with time. Abandoned by his biological father, Thomas Button, after Benjamin’s biological mother died in childbirth, 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 …
Release Date: 25 December 2008Runtime: 166 min
Stars:
- Brad Pitt
- Cate Blanchett
- Danny Vinson
- David Jensen
- Donna Duplantier
- Earl Maddox
- Ed Metzger
- Elias Koteas
- Faune Chambers Watkins
- Jacob Tolano
- Jason Flemyng
- Joeanna Sayler
- Julia Ormond
- Mahershala Ali
- Taraji P. Henson
Director: David Fincher
