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6.3A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.
Released: 2021-07-21108 minDir: M. Night ShyamalanThriller, Mystery, HorrorBudget: $18.0MBox office: $90.1M
Cast
- Gael García Bernal as Guy
- Vicky Krieps as Prisca
- Rufus Sewell as Charles
- Alex Wolff as Trent Aged 15
- Thomasin McKenzie as Maddox Aged 16
- Abbey Lee as Chrystal
Themes
- beach
- husband wife relationship
- schizophrenia
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Article
Old is a 2021 American mystery thriller film written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. It is based on the French-language Swiss graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Lévy [fr] and Frederik Peeters. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ken Leung, Eliza Scanlen, Aaron Pierre, Embeth Davidtz, and Emun Elliott. The plot follows a group of people who find themselves rapidly aging on a secluded beach.
Shyamalan decided to adapt Sandcastle into a film after receiving it as a Father's Day gift in 2017. The untitled project was announced in September 2019, with the filmmaker revealing a partnership with Universal Pictures. Filming took place for three months in the Dominican Republic in 2020, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with cinematographer Michael Gioulakis.