HERBSTGOLD - WETTLAUF GEGEN DIE ZEIT

Jiri manages to clear the bar by a metre while his wife prays that he doesn’t hurt himself. Herbert trains every day in order to, as he puts it, lengthen his life. Ilse misses out on the target she has set herself by just a centimetre. Gabré is a sport group’s coach and is also the neatest woman in the stadium. And Alfred is the only competitor in his age class in the Discus. This sprightly bunch are all aged between 82 and 100. Sport is their passion and their lifeline. Their goal is the Senior Athletics World Championships in Lahti. In his sensitive portraits of these five extraordinary people, Jan Tenhaven captures both the difficulties and wonders of age.