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David Kepesh:
I think it was Betty Davis who said Old age is not for sissies. But it was Tolstoy who said the biggest surprise in a man's life is Old age. Old age sneaks up on you, and the next thing you know you're asking yourself, I'm asking myself, why can't an old man act his real age? How is it possible for me to still be involved in the carnal aspects of the human comedy? Because, in my head, nothing has changed
I think it was Betty Davis who said Old age is not for sissies. But it was Tolstoy who said the biggest surprise in a man's life is Old age. Old age sneaks up on you, and the next thing you know you're asking yourself, I'm asking myself, why can't an old man act his real age? How is it possible for me to still be involved in the carnal aspects of the human comedy? Because, in my head, nothing has changed
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I think it was Bette Davis who said
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Old age is not for sissies
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But it was Tolstoy who said that
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the biggest surprise in a man's life is old age
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Old age sneaks up on you
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and the next thing you know you're asking yourself I'm asking myself
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Why can't an old man act his real age
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How is it possible for me to still be involved
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in the carnal aspects of the human comedy
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Because in my head nothing has changed
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Movie Summary
Cultural critic, David Kepesh, finds his life, which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood," thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teac
