Men of a Certain Age is an American comedy-drama television series, which premiered on TNT on December 7, 2009. The hour-long program stars Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula as three best friends in their late forties dealing with the realities of middle age. It won a Peabody Award in 2010. On July 15, 2011, TNT cancelled the series after two seasons.
Dans un Los Angeles pré-Covid, quatre amies en pleine midlife crisis tentent de jongler entre leur vie familiale et leur vie professionnelle. Pour Justine, cheffe française dans un restaurant à la mode, Anne, styliste débordée, Ella, avec ses trois enfants de trois pères différents, et Yasmin, qui tente de sortir d’un congé maternité de 12 ans, le quotidien est un numéro d’équilibriste le plus souvent rock’n’roll !
It Takes a Worried Man was a British TV sitcom. It was made by Thames Television and ran for three series, broadcast from October 1981 to November 1983. The first two series were broadcast on the ITV network, and the third and final series on Channel 4. Most episodes were written by the star, Peter Tilbury, who played office worker Philip Roath.
Les péripéties de Sam, perdue au fin fond du Kansas. Peu encline à se sociabiliser, elle peut néanmoins compter sur la musique, sa grande passion, pour attirer l’attention !
Disillusioned after a long career at Sunshine Desserts, Perrin goes through a mid-life crisis and fakes his own death. Returning in disguise after various attempts at finding a 'new life', he gets his old job back and finds nothing has changed. He is eventually found out, and in the second series has success with a chain of shops selling useless junk. That becomes so successful that he feels he has created a monster and decides to destroy it. In the third and final series he has a dream of forming a commune which his long suffering colleagues help bring to reality. Unfortunately that also fails and he finds himself back in a job not unlike the one he originally had at Sunshine Desserts.
Turning 40 should be a year when everything is falling into place; however, 42-year-old Bian Liang is completely at a loss. As a father, who actively seeks breakthroughs, he encounters hurdles in his quiet and indifferent son and has reached a bottleneck in his career.
Consists of 8 different stories that talk about the problems and pain women face in the modern-day.
Topics include leftover women, objectification of women, the role of a housewife, domestic violence, social appearance anxiety, women’s career choices, midlife crises, and family of origin issues.
What do men go through once they hit the big four-zero? What goes on in their minds? What about their lifestyle, does it change? Their relationships, their worries, problems and secrets... This drama is about three men in their forties, just starting to experience and understand their definition of life: issues with women, love, career, and many other relationships in life. Each has a story of their own that interconnects with one another; and an ending that no one can ever expect...
The Pursuit of Happiness is an American sitcom that aired from September 19, 1995 to November 7, 1995.
Martin's comfortable world is upturned by his friend's mid-life crises, beginning with his best friend's suicide, and the secret affair he had with Martin's wife.
Martin, Étienne, Christian et Simon, quatre amis de toujours, sont arrivés, tant bien que mal, à l’âge des remises en question. Hantés par les défaites de leur existence, bousculés par le temps qui s’accélère et animés par leurs désirs inassouvis, ils abordent l'avant-dernier droit de leur vie en réalisant qu'on a beau dire et faire ce qu'on veut, en fin de compte, on est toujours seul quand il s'agit d'affronter l’absolu.
Morimura Tomomi is a housewife scorned by her husband and two sons, and yet she continues to protect the family. On her 46th birthday, she leaves home in disgust and embarks on a 1,200 km journey. It is Tomomi’s first time driving onto the highway and she speeds along to the west. On the road, she encounters a series of traumatising episodes. She detects her husband’s affair, is faced with a truck driver who mistakes her for a prostitute housewife, and finally her car gets stolen. While Tomomi is at a loss, a good-looking young man and an elderly person give her a ride, and she arrives in Nagasaki. As she meets various people in this town which was once transformed into a wasteland because of the atomic bomb, she becomes aware of a “wilderness” within her and starts to explore the path to rebirth
Seven 40-year-olds are drawn together by a disturbing school reunion. Long-standing sexual tensions and emotional conflicts come to a head as the surreal secrets of apparently normal lives are revealed. Acting as a catalyst, the reunion forces the seven friends into a re-evaluation of their past and the present—and brings about an unexpected future.
Take Five is an American sitcom that aired from April 1 until April 8, 1987.
Pinhas "Pini" Zanzouri lives in Yavne, a town in central Israel, with his wife and two children. Zanzouri is an average Israeli citizen with an average job, who comes home and passes his evenings watching TV . On his 40th birthday, Zanzouri's life changes forever when his father comes to him with two revelations: that all the men in his family have died in their 40th year, and that he is adopted. Accepting that he has a year to live, Zanzouri decides to fulfill all his dreams.