Harold’s mother has no time for her son’s “daeth pre-occupation”: he puts his efforts into faking suicides, attending funerals and tinkering with his old hearse. When he meets the mighty Maude, an old lady with buckets of character and life experience, his world is set to change forever.
The lesson Maude has for Harold does not suggest death should be avoided or taboo. In fact, quite the opposite: death should be embraced as part of our circle of life. An early advocate for the “death positive” movement Maude wastes no time in bringing macabre out into the sunshine.
Misunderstood (or perhaps ahead of it’s time) Harold & Maude was a box office flop when first released in 1971. By the early eighties the film started to profit and fast became the cult classic many know and love today. Talk includes wine and clips from the film. Doors 6:30, begins at 7pm.