Lasting Desire to Last, A
Original title: Le Dur Désir de Durer
Duration: 52’
Producer: Frédéric Feraud
Director: Bernard Bloch
Participant: Bernard Bloch
Company: L’ oeil Sauvage
Scientific field: Biology
Year: 2008
Country: France
Man has always dreamed about living for as long as possible and, if he must grow old, that he
might do so as late and as painlessly as possible. “Not decrepit nor senile!” seems to be the
challenge for generations like ours whose life expectancy just keeps on getting longer.
So what exactly are the current discoveries and theories that might one day allow us to alter
the complex process of ageing, to slow down its effects and perhaps even to help us live
longer?
“A Lasting Lust for Life” tells the story of a woman in her early sixties who takes a sometimes
humorous approach to investigating the reasons behind the ageing process and the various
possible ways of slowing it down. She has a notebook in which she writes down her
observations. She goes to meet the researchers and laboratories that are tracking down the
molecules involved in ageing.
Lasting Desire to Last, A
