"Harold and Maude" A dazzlingly dark comedy

What's it about?

The comedy Harold and Maude, based on the cult film by Colin Higgins, tells the extraordinary story of an unusual connection between two people who, at first glance, couldn't be more opposite. Harold, a young man from a good family, has developed a macabre fascination with death. Misunderstood by his mother, he stages his own (failed) suicides and regularly attends funerals – where he meets Maude. Maude is 79 years old, full of energy, unconventional, hungry for life, energetic, and absolutely fearless. Between her and Harold, a touching, tender, and wonderfully quirky love story unfolds, breaking conventions and societal expectations and celebrating life with much humor and depth. Harold and Maude is a plea for the power of encounter, the value of the moment, and the freedom to shape one's own life self-determinedly. The comedy Harold and Maude, based on the cult film by Colin Higgins, tells the extraordinary story of an unusual connection between two people who, at first glance, couldn't be more opposite. Harold, a young man from a good family, has developed a macabre fascination with death. Misunderstood by his mother, he stages his own (failed) suicides and regularly attends funerals – where he meets Maude. Maude is 79 years old, full of energy, unconventional, hungry for life, energetic, and absolutely fearless. Between her and Harold, a touching, tender, and wonderfully quirky love story unfolds, breaking conventions and societal expectations and celebrating life with much humor and depth. Harold and Maude is a plea for the power of encounter, the value of the moment, and the freedom to shape one's own life self-determinedly.