In choosing a work about two middle-aged characters who have emotional wounds, the jurors showed their distance from the youth-oriented films that dominated the competition.

It tells the story of two ill-fated middle-aged characters who both face a terminal cancer diagnosis and have months left to live.

It's unusual to find two middle-aged male characters feeling frankly threatened by someone as young and confident as Mr. Pitt.

He said, "A man, middle-aged, swarthy-looking character, came in here for petrol.

The characters sound middle-aged enough to make this hen lit instead.

Next to h was a middle-aged character in a suit.

But the maneuvers of the film maker all share a tacit sympathy for his middle-aged characters' various losses and burdens.

He often voices middle-aged or elderly characters and has an extensive career in dubbing Western works.

She has what is known as "oyajicon", meaning that her preference for anime men is that of middle-aged characters.

This echoes the way the optimistic youthful versions of the play's embittered middle-aged characters literally stalk behind them on the stage.