Marvelous and Valuable..

Rating: 9/10 (5 August 2014)

This is a summary more of a review so it is full of spoilers.
Starts with the story of Martin Gateau, a talented clock maker whose son never returned from war.Martin spent months making a new clock for the train station, at the opening ceremony, the clock was uncovered and audience were surprised that it runs backward. Martin explained that this was to reverse time and get back our sons and daughters who died and did not enjoy their lives. One night at the celebration of the end of the first world war, a boy was born, the father was out and rushed back home, he caught his mother at her final breaths and her last words were: Promise me to take care of him. The father went to carry his son. When he uncovered his face he saw that the son was ugly and born as an old man. He took him and left him at the step door of Dorothy Baker who worked to service elders at a house for old people. The baby was named Benjamin, and he grew backwards. He met Daisy and loved her from the first sight. As she grew old and he grew younger their love sparked and they spent a beautiful life together. Daisy was a ballet dancer who had a car accident which ended her career. She gave birth to a daughter but as Benjamin grew younger he had to leave. Daisy later married a successful business man and Benjamin continued his life touring the world. He came back later when he was young and met Daisy, they spent the night together. Benjamin got younger and younger, Police reported to Daisy that a child was found with a book having her name. Daisy came to the old house and founded he was Benjamin, he had memory problems and his health degraded. He could not remember anything. Daisy moved with him and took care of him until he died as a baby in her arms.