Harold (played by Bud Cort) is a self-destructive and needy suicide-obsessed teen who spends his leisure time attending funerals, watching the flattening of buildings, visiting junkyards, replicating suicides trying to get the attention of his uninterested, stuck-up and self-centered mother, and having meetings with his psychologist. Oh yeah, he drives a hearse as well. In other words, he's a pretty Gloomy Gus. Maude (played by Ruth Gordon) is a nearly eighty-year-old free spirit. She believes in living each day to its fullest, and "trying something new every day". Not only is her view of life quite joyful but she also has a rather carefree attitude towards death as well. So, what do the two of these guys have in common? Well, quite a lot apparently. He is entranced by her quirky outlook on life and she teaches him about living life to its fullest and that life is the most precious gift of all. The two slowly develop quite a strong and close friendship and eventually a romantic relationship. Throughout the film the pair engage on one of the sweetest, most touching and utterly bizarre May-December romance imaginable. Proof that age is indeed nothing but a number and love truly knows no bounds.
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