If you could live forever, would you?

In this episode of Beyond Our Stories, we sit down with Henk Pretorius, director of Forever Young, for a conversation that begins with a seemingly simple question about getting older and gradually becomes something much more personal.

When Henk first began thinking about Forever Young, the idea of living forever appealed to him. Years later, his answer has changed.
So what happens to the way we see time as we get older? Would having more of it actually make our lives more meaningful?

Henk talks openly about ambition, relationships, the choices we make and the things we sometimes understand only after time has passed. He also shares a deeply personal connection between Forever Young and his relationship with his father, and why looking back changed the way he understood both his father and the story he wanted to tell.

But the conversation also takes us beyond Forever Young and into Henk's own life as a storyteller and director. Knowing what he knows today, would he choose the same career again? What would he have done differently? And what does he regret?

Ultimately, one question remains:
If there is something you already know you might regret, do you still have time to change it?

If you'd like to experience the movie that started this conversation, Forever Young is available on AlefCine Stream at www.ac-stream.com.

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