“Who is going to touch me, climb into the cold spot on the bed, and share a meal with me?”
This uncomfortable conversation with his newly widowed mom launched screenwriter Steven Loring on a quest to learn about love among senior citizens. It resulted in the frank, sometimes funny, and completely unscripted documentary, "The Age of Love."
Meanwhile, Penn State Abington sociologist Beth Montemurro’s research on the evolution of sexuality raised questions about how relationships, feelings and desire change — or don't change — with age.
She thought "The Age of Love" would be an ideal device to connect Abington students and seniors so she invited Loring to screen and discuss it at a local retirement community and on campus.
The documentary follows 30 upstate New York seniors who sign up for speed dating — from their anticipation of the first brief meetings through resulting dates and what, if anything, followed.