Tentativas de fazer algo da vida

Synopsis of Tentativas de fazer algo da vida

Hendrik Groen may be old, but he is far from dead – and he doesn't plan on being buried anytime soon. His walks are getting shorter because his legs can't keep up, and doctor visits have become more frequent than he would like. It is at this moment in life that he wonders if there is nothing left to do but drink weak tea and tend to flowers. When the new year begins, he makes a decision: he will write a diary every day, recounting the ups and downs of his routine in an Amsterdam nursing home. The result is a tender and hilarious look at old age, but it is also a devastating portrait of a segment of the population forgotten by family and society.