Melodrama

From the film-maker:

I liked the dark, rich colours in the painting. It made me want to write a moody, disturbing script. But as the painting may also be poking fun at men, I wanted it to be funny and light too. I seated the four men in my film in the order they appeared in the painting. They seemed to be looking out at something - I gravitated towards the idea of a woman. My script centres on a woman making dinner for the men in her life. I concentrated on the most obvious theme, the four ages of man, and made it the four ages of an obnoxious male. I played on the notion of a dirty old man, an abusive husband and a teen who resents his mother for lacking the strength to confront the father, plus the innocent-looking youngest son who, in the end, shows no compassion.

Katherine Moon

A piece inspired by Valentin de Boulogne, The Four Ages of Man, about 1629