An elderly couple falls in love at an old age residence or perhaps an elder care ward. They meet only sporadically not looking for any approval from their children. The children do discuss their differences and commonalities; one is more spiritual than the other. Coincidently the one who is more technically oriented is against the union of the elderly couple but is fiercely close to his Mom. His loss of memory is a reminder that even younger people can falter in their ability to recollect the past. The daughter of the older man is for the union, suggesting it would breathe new life into he father's veins. The son is also determined to see that the elderly man bone up to stories that he made about having been close to the lady he loves now many years ago. Maybe he was and maybe he was not, what is important is that the old man be given a chance to think for himself and he wants another chance at marrying an elder care patient.
There was good acting on the part of the cast, an energetic priest coming in on the couple and even witnessing a tender dancing moment between them. His humor helped to lighten the serious points of the drama marked by recalls in the war past by the old lady's son. Some confrontational moments helped to heighten the tension of the play such as a short debate about life that pits spirituality against artificial thought. There are necessary parallels between the spiritually minded priest and the daughter's reference to spirituality that conflict with the son's desire for truth. And he does so by saying his Mom is not able to look after herself but we see her recognizing the older man who comes across as having met and left her many years back. Her memory is faltering but he appears to be relatively fit, such that he likes to escape his ward and occasionally look for his girl. If the public can enjoy the seriousness of two elderly people falling in love when one is not sure of the need to guard against it, go and see this. There is ample entertainment in the way the older patients are kept, with the dark humor thrown in by the clergyman and in the way the older couple try to communicate within moments of clarity. And the audience is left to decide what is right for the older couple to do.
