Young at Heart (1987)
29m
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January 1, 1987Release Date
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Filmmakers Sue Marx and Pamela Conn document the romance between Sue's father Louis Gothelf and Reva Shwayder, each in their mid-80s. Both artists and residents of the Detroit suburbs, they met on a group tour of England after being widowed, and quickly formed a strong connection over shared interests. The two discuss concerns over living together without being married; Louis also talks about his caring for his first wife during her ten-year struggle with Alzheimer's disease, while Reva talks about the deaths of two sons several years after her husband's death.
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Young at Heart is a 1987 American short documentary film produced by Pamela Conn and Sue Marx about the painters Louis Gothelf and Reva Shwayder. In 1988, it won an Oscar for Documentary Short Subject at the 60th Academy Awards.