Centro de Línguas Municipal Antonio Houaiss – Projeto Cinema – Maio – 2016

Movie Activity: The Age of Adaline (2015)

Who is who? Complete the table with the words from the box.

astronomer - beautiful – bicycle – college - daughter - eighteenth – eighties - elderly - fortieth – handsome -
historical - math – optimistic - photos – Reese - sophisticated - twenty-nine – twenty-six

ADALINE ELLIS WILLIAM FLEMMING

She is _______ years old He studied ____________ He was ________ years She is _______________
during the most part of in the university. old when he met Adaline. and ________________.
the movie.
She is ________________ He works at San Francisco He was riding a ________ She is in her _________.
and _________________. ___________ Society. when he met her.
She doesn’t like to take He lives at 303, _______ He celebrated his ______ Her last photo with
____________. Street. wedding anniversary. Adaline was in _______.
Her dog is called _______. He is _______________. He is an _____________. She is Adaline’s ________.

True or False?
1) Adaline was born on January 1st, 1909. ( )
2) Faye and Milton Bowman were Adaline’s parents. ( )
3) Adaline’s husband was called Clarence Jay Prescott. ( )
4) Adaline’s new identity would be Sonia Fleisher. ( )
5) Adaline lives in Chinatown. ( )
6) Adaline would move to Dallas, Texas. ( )
7) Reagan, Adaline’s friend, was deaf. ( )
8) Ellis cooked hamburgers for Adaline in his house. ( )
9) Della C would pass the Earth in the winter of 1981. ( )
10) William met Adaline in the 1970s. ( )
11) William has two children, Eliis and Kikky. ( )
12) In the end of the movie, they are celebrating Christmas. ( )

Who said these quotes? Adaline, Ellis, Flemming or William? Do you agree with them?
1) “Anni, amori e bicchieri di vino, nun se contano mai”... Years, lovers and glasses of wine – these are the
things that should never be counted. _______________________________
2) Plato believed that every soul has a companion star to return to after death if you lived a moral life.
_____________________________
3) It´s not the same when there´s no growing old together… without that, love is just heartbreak.
_____________________________
4) Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. __________________________

Plot – Choose the correct alternative

1) What is Adaline’s middle name?

a) Marie b) Mary c) Martha
2) Where was Adaline born?
a) New York b) Los Angeles c) San Francisco

3) Where did Adaline’s husband die?

a) at the Golden Gate Bridge b) at Chinatown c) at Fisherman’s Wharf

4) How was the weather when Adaline had the car accident?
a) it was rainy b) it was windy c) it was snowy

5) Adaline said her good looks depended on a ________________, exercise, heredity and good luck.
a) healthy diet b) vitamin c) make-up

6) How often did Adaline change names and appearance?

a) every 5 years b) every 10 years c) every 15 years

7) What was her identity during the movie?

a) Jennifer Larry b) Jennifer Leigh c) Jennifer Larson

8) Where did Ellis and Adaline talk for the first time?
a) on a taxi b) in an elevator c) on the streets

9) Where did Adaline and her daughter celebrate her birthday?

a) at a restaurant b) at a party c) at a reception

10) What did Ellis donate to the library?

a) magazines b) dictionaries c) first editions

11) Ellis gave three books to Adaline. They were called: ___________ Miller, Dandelion Wine and White Oleander.
a) Rose b) Daisy c) Orchid

12) Part of Adaline’s money comes from her investments in a famous company. What is its name?
a) Apple b) Microsoft c) Xerox

13) What was the view of Ellis’ apartment?

a) a film studio b) a dance school c) a café

14) Where did William meet Adaline?

a) in Dublin b) in Glasgow c) in London

15) How many languages did Adaline speak?

a) three b) four c) five

16) Which game did they play at William’s house?

a) Monopoly b) Life c) Trivia Pursuit

17) What was the name of the comet?

a) Della C 1980 b) Della C 1981 c) Della C 1982

18) How did William discover Jennifer and Adaline were the same person?
a) by her ID b) by her eyes c) by her scar

19) How old was Adaline when her heart stopped?

a) 107 years old b) 108 years old c) 109 years old

20) How did Adaline notice she was aging again?

a) her first white hair appeared b) her first wrinkle appeared c) her eyes were not seeing well