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What if your family were immortal except you? - - In an alternate universe, 98% of the population are immortals. Immortals look young and charm because they don¡¯t get older in terms of appearance after 25. On the other hand, there is 2% of the mortal population. Mortals are just like us. They become wrinkled as getting older. - Tom, born to be a mortal, doesn¡¯t feel a true love from his parents who are immortal and never age. He lives far away from home until he gets a cancer at 60. Tom, now an elderly mortal man, decides to come back home to reconcile himself with his immortal parents before he dies. But his reconciliation isn¡¯t easy. - - The Old Son is based on a short story ¡°Deathwatch¡± written by Norman Spinrad and published in Playboy Magazine in 1965. It is about how hard it is to say I love you between family members. - |
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