The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) [PG-13]

Release Date:
December 25, 2008

Original Title:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Alternate Titles:
Benjamin Button
Benjamin Button'ın Qəribə Hekayəsi
Ciekawy Przypadek Benjamina Buttona
El Curioso Caso de Benjamin Button
El curioso caso de Benjamin Button
Podivný prípad Benjamina Buttona
l'étrange histoire de benjamin button
Загадкова історія Бенджамина Баттона
سرگذشت عجیب بنجامین باتن
ベンジャミン・バトン 数奇な人生:2008
奇幻逆緣
返老还童
벤자민 버튼의 시간은 거꾸로 간다

Genres:
Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Production Companies:
Paramount Pictures
The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  AU: M  BR: 12  CA: 14A  CH: 12  CZ: 12+  DE: 12  DK: 11  ES: A  FI: K-11  FR: 12  GB: 12A  GR: 13  HR: 12  HU: 16  IE: 12A  IT: T  JP: PG12  KR: 12  LT: N-13  NL: 6  NO: 12  PL: 12  PT: M/12  SE: 11  TW: 保護級  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 166

Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments.

Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.

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Ivory Stanton

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David Fincher

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