The Oldest Person in the World

The Oldest Person in the World is a decade-long odyssey chronicling the ever-changing record holders of the title of oldest person alive. What begins as a portrait of longevity becomes a personal, surprisingly funny meditation on time, fate, and the joy of being alive; it ultimately leaves audiences feeling lighter and deeply engaged.

“Delightfully insightful… Sneakily profound and unexpectedly personal… Open-hearted without tipping into sentimentality… The best kind of cinematic experience: an entertaining and enlightening ‘meaning of life’ movie… Green has given his subjects an incredible gift: the kind of immortality only cinema can provide.” – Peter Debruge, Variety

“Takes a rewardingly personal turn… Gleans a real poignancy… A heartfelt, wistful, and aggressively poignant collection of interviews… An affecting watch… Green is such an open-hearted and genuine searcher… Time is reframed less as something to resist (or defy) than as something to embrace.” – David Ehrlich, IndieWire

“Like a living work of art. The Oldest Person in the World is surprisingly, almost confrontationally life-affirming… This closeness, this intimacy, is the real source of the film’s power — especially in a world where it’s become so easy to avoid real-life human contact… Watching these people, their features embrittled by time and their eyes speaking to us of the unimaginable fragility of our own lives, we realize just how transformational and healing it can sometimes be simply to look into a stranger’s face.” – Bilge Ebiri, Vulture