Just two years away from turning 30, participants in Michael Apted's documentary series are facing serious questions of identity and purpose, wondering whether they've found their place in the world.
Direction
Apted's patient, probing questions reveal decades of change.
Editing
Brutal cuts between ages expose dreams deferred.
Director
Michael Apted
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Apted started as a researcher on the original 7 Up and took over directing, staying with it until his death in 2021. The series became his life's work too.
The ' Jesuit maxim' opening—'Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man'—haunts every frame as the participants both confirm and defy it.
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