text: The film opens up with a tight close up of a very old woman on her deathbed in the hospital. Theres a terrible storm raging outside the window. Clearly in pain, the old woman is struggling to speak and her daughter (Julia Ormond) is at her bedside. We can tell the mother is at the end of her life because when she cries out in pain and her daughter fetches the nurse, the nurse tells her that she can have as much pain medication as she wants. The daughter has come to say goodbye to her mother, but their relationship seems strained. The woman asks in a feeble voice for her daughter to bring her a diary from her belongings and to read it to her. The diary looks like a journal with tickets and photographs glued to the pages. The daughter begins reading from the diary and it turns out to be the story of Benjamin Button.The story begins with the old woman, Daisy, reminiscing about a blind clockmaker who built a clock for Grand Central Terminal in New York. While he was building the clock, his only son goes off to war (WWI) and dies in battle. Through his grief, he continues building the clock. The reveal of the clock is a major event with President Theodore Roosevelt in attendance. When the clock is unveiled, the second hand surprisingly turns counterclockwise and the clock is measuring time backwards. The crowd is shocked and the clockmaker reveals that he wishes that time move backwards so that the events of the war can be reversed and that all the soldiers who died can return to their families. Shortly thereafter, the clockmaker closes his shop and disappears.We then cut to the end of World War I in 1918. Throughout the streets of New Orleans, people are flooding the streets in celebration. A young man (Benjamins father), however, is rushing home to check on his wife who has just given birth. His wife appears to have hemorrhaged during childbirth and is on the brink of death. The presence of the priest who has come to give her last rites confirms this. Before she takes her last breath, she asks her husband to ensure that their child have a place in this world. Benjamins father promises and shortly thereafter the mother expires. He approaches the crib and the attending nurse tries to warn him, but he cries out in horror when he lifts the blanket and sees his son for the first time. He then grabs the baby and tears out of the door. He runs madly into the street with the baby crying wildly and eventually stops at the banks of the river. He contemplates throwing the baby into the river when a policeman stops him and chases him. Benjamins father frantically runs away and eventually stops at the porch of a large house. He hears people inside the house and then impulsively places his baby on the steps of the house and leaves whatever money he has with the baby.Within seconds, a young black couple come out of the house. Theyre flirting with each other, completely unaware of the baby. They begin to descend the stairs and one of them almost trips on the baby. The woman, Queenie, picks up the baby and we see that Benjamin looks like an octogenarian infant. Despite the protests of her husband, she decides to take the baby in. She brings the baby into the house and puts him in the top drawer of her dresser. When the doctor examines Benjamin, he tells her that the baby suffers from arthritis, is nearly blind from cataracts and has osteoporosis. No one expects the baby to survive long. Unable to have a child of her own, Queenie decides that Benjamin is a child of God and takes on the responsibility of raising him. She names him Benjamin and introduces him to the elderly tenants of the house (shes running a retirement home) as her sisters child. The elderly tenants seem to be unfazed by Benjamins unusual appearance. One elderly woman even remarks that he looks just like her ex-husband.Over the next few years, we see Benjamin spend his early years as a short, frail, bald elderly man with glasses when in fact, he is only 5 years old. He calls Queenie Mama and his mannerisms and impulses are very childlike. Although hes fully grown in size, Queenie still bathes him and scolds him like a child when he tries to wander off. He begins to learn to read but cannot walk and is confined to a wheelchair. Then one day, Queenie takes him to an evangelical healer. After healing Queenies infertility, he commands Benjamin to walk during a dramatic healing. After Benjamin stumbles and takes his first steps, the preacher suddenly drops to the floor and dies.Benjamin progresses physically, being able to walk with the help of crutches. He soon befriends a charming Pygmy man who takes Benjamin into town and they seem to connect over their uniqueness. When the Pygmy leaves Benjamin to visit a prostitute, Benjamin misses the last streetcar and must walk home on his crutches. Although Queenie greets him with a harsh scolding, Benjamin remembers his first taste of freedom as one of the best days of his life.Queenie throws a party at the retirement home for visitors, and Benjamin, now able to walk without crutches, soon meets the granddaughter of one of the tenants. Shes a striking red-haired girl with blue eyes named Daisy. Benjamin develops an instant boyish crush on her even though he appears to be an elderly man. In his diary, Benjamin remembers this as the day he fell in love with Daisy. During the party, Queenie announces that shes pregnant and Benjamin feels slightly jealous.Benjamin and Daisy quickly form a bond. They curl up with Daisys grandmother as she reads them childrens stories. Daisy is quick to realize that Benjamin is no ordinary elderly man because of his childlike ways. They spend a lot of time together and sneak off one night to talk but are caught by Daisys grandmother who accuses Benjamin of inappropriate motives. Queenie tells Benjamin that hes no ordinary child, that hes a man-child, and that people will misunderstand him. When Benjamin returns to his room, his elderly roommate talks about how he was struck by lightning seven times. Throughout the course of the film, the random circumstances in which he was struck by lightning are revealed for laughs.Benjamin begins to grow physically and can bathe himself now and seems to be going through puberty even though he still looks elderly. He gains muscle tone and his teeth look healthier. While getting his hair cut by an elderly woman at Queenies house, he remarks that with every day he feels he is growing younger. The woman replies that it must be sad to grow younger and watch the people you love die before you. While Benjamin reflects on this remark, the woman adds that if we didnt lose the people that we love, we wouldnt know how important they are to us. Benjamin later talks about some of the elderly tenants who died during their stay and the things they taught him.Benjamin visits the docks of the harbor and one day volunteers to work for a salty tugboat captain named Captain Mike. Despite his elderly appearance, Captain Mike agrees to take Benjamin on and we see Benjamin mostly scrubbing the decks and doing light work. This is all very exciting to Benjamin and the two quickly become friends.During the course of conversation, Captain Mike learns that Benjamin is still a virgin. Captain Mike decides to take Benjamin to a brothel to fix that. At the brothel, a drunk Captain Mike rants about being a self-proclaimed artist and not a tugboat captain like his father, and then undresses to reveal his self-inked tattoos --- hes a tattoo artist. He then harps on about his hummingbird tattoo and what a remarkable bird it is.Although Benjamin's appearance creeps the prostitutes out, one sympathetic prostitute reluctantly agrees to sleep with him. With the sexual vigor of a teenager, Benjamin wears the prostitute out and agrees to come visit her every day except Sunday (her day off). As hes leaving, we see Benjamins father exiting the brothel and he intuitively recognizes Benjamin as his son. Benjamins father, Thomas Button, offers to give Benjamin a ride home in his fancy, chauffeur driven car. They stop at a bar for Benjamins first drink. They drink and talk until the bar closes and then Tom drives Benjamin home. After Queenie chastises him for staying out late, Benjamin throws up from his first night of binge drinking.One day, Benjamin sneaks the nine-year-old Daisy out for a ride on Captain Mikes tugboat. Still drunk from the previous nights drinking, Captain Mike reluctantly agrees to take them out to sea. The tugboat passes a cruise ship and the captain waves to Benjamin and Daisy. Daisy remarks how she wishes she could be on a cruise ship like that.At about 17, Benjamin still looks like an older man but desires to leave home and work on Captain Mikes tugboat. Daisy is about 12 and makes Benjamin promise that he write to her from wherever he travels to. While Benjamin travels from harbor to harbor on the tugboat, we watch Daisy grow up and train as a ballet dancer. During his travels, Benjamin befriends an unhappily married Englishwoman named Elizabeth (Tilda Swinton) at the hotel he lives in. They end up talking all night almost every night, and she tells Benjamin that she attempted to swim the English Channel when she was 19 but gave up before she could finish. She introduces Benjamin to the finer things in life like caviar and vodka and she tells him about the places hes never seen like Asia. They eventually start an affair and spend every night together. Benjamin writes to Daisy and tells her that hes fallen in love. Then, one night, Elizabeth disappears, leaving only an impersonal note saying it was nice to have met him.Captain Mike announces to the crew that the Japanese have bombed Pearl Harbor and that hes contracted with the US Navy to support the war effort. The cook decides to leave the crew and be with his wife, so Benjamin steps in as cook. The tugboat gets its first taste of war when the crew shows up to the remains of a naval ship carrying soldiers that was just bombed. The tugboat soon catches the eye of the enemy submarine and the crew springs into action, heroically deciding to collide with the submarine and sink it. Gunners on both the tiny tugboat and the submarine exchange fire and ultimately, the tugboat maneuvers itself onto the submarine and sinks it. Captain Mike and several of the crew are wounded and die as a result. Benjamin survives and passes on Captain Mikes earnings to his wife. As he throws out the lifesaver from the tugboat out to sea, a hummingbird flies up from the lifesaver and whizzes by Benjamin. He remarks that he never again saw a hummingbird in the open sea.Returning to Queenies house from the war, Benjamin now looks about 50. Daisy makes a surprise visit and shes about 20. She doesnt recognize Benjamin at first, but after a brief reunion, they decide to go out on a date. At dinner, Daisy talks incessantly about her passion, dancing, and Benjamin cant really get in a word edgewise. Their date ends at a romantic lake where Daisy attempts to seduce Benjamin by doing some impressive ballet moves and talking about her promiscuous life in the ballet company. Benjamin, however, refuses to sleep with Daisy and she leaves disappointed.Benjamins father, Thomas Button, meets up with Benjamin again. Thomas Button walks with a crutch due to an infection in his foot and his health is failing. He invites Benjamin out to dinner and then shows him his button factory. He then reveals to Benjamin that he is his father and shows him pictures of their family. Benjamin has a hard time taking it all in, but eventually realizes that Thomas wants to reconcile with him before he dies. Thomas promises to leave Benjamin everything. Before Thomas dies, Benjamin takes him to the lake to watch the sunrise and both men are at peace with the past.Benjamin later comes to New York to see Daisy in a production of Carousel. Hes moved by her dancing, but Daisy is a little startled to see him come backstage. Refusing his invitation to dinner, she invites him to come out with her dancer friends. Surrounded by young people and watching Daisy flirt with her new boyfriend, Benjamin realizes that theyre worlds apart. Disappointed, he goes back home to Queenies house. Back in todays world, the dying Daisy tells her daughter that Benjamin came to tell her that his father had just died but she was 23 and foolishly wrapped up in her own world. Daisy then shows her daughter pictures of her as a young dancer and reveals that she was the first American to be invited to dance with the Bolshoi Ballet. (You begin to understand that Daisy has held back a lot from her daughter.) Daisy remarks that even though she had many lovers in her youth, she always thought about Benjamin and felt connected to him. Meanwhile, the storm rages on outside the hospital window and the news report reveals that it is, in fact, Hurricane Katrina.Daisy is now dancing with a ballet company in Paris. Benjamin narrates a series of events that make up a chain reaction resulting in Daisy getting hit by a taxi. A friend wires Benjamin the news about Daisy and he comes to Paris to see her. We learn that the car crushed Daisys right leg and thus ended her dancing career. Full of both angry pride and shame, Daisy tells Benjamin to leave her alone. He leaves, but as the diary reveals, Benjamin stays in Paris for a while to look out for Daisy. As her daughter reads from Benjamins diary, the modern Daisy had no idea he had stayed in Paris and begins to weep. Although he was in love with Daisy, Benjamin reveals he slept with several women while in Paris.A few years later, Benjamin appears to be about 40 and we see him speeding on a motorcycle and wearing aviator sunglasses, a dead ringer for James Dean. Daisy, having recovered and able to walk again, visits Benjamin at Queenies house. She asks him to sleep with her and he promptly says yes. They visit the same lake Benjamin took his father to and as they watch the sunrise, Daisy promises to never indulge in self-pity again. They end up traveling together and living on the sailboat Thomas Button left his son. When they return from their travels, Queenies house is empty and the couple learn that Queenie has just died. They attend her funeral services and Benjamin sells his fathers house. He and Daisy buy a duplex and spend all their time as a young 40ish couple in their sparely furnished apartment. They make love all day and watch the Beatles on American TV for the first time.Renewing her love for dance, Daisy has opened up a dance studio and teaches little girls. She is dancing in front of the mirror one day when her leg injury reminds her of her limitations. In spite of this, Benjamin, who is watching, clearly still loves and admires Daisy. She remarks that theyve finally met halfway in time (Benjamin is 49 and Daisy is 43), and then Daisy reveals that shes pregnant. Months later, Benjamin expresses his concern that the baby will be like him but Daisy assures him that she will love the baby even more if it is. Before they leave the diner, Benjamin sees Elizabeth on TV, celebrated as the oldest woman to swim the English Channel (shes 68). Later, Daisy delivers a perfectly healthy baby girl and names it after Benjamins mother, Caroline. (According to imdb.com, the baby is actually played by Brad Pitts real daughter, Shiloh, at 10 months.)Back to modern times, the daughter suddenly realizes from reading the diary that Benjamin is her real father. Daisy had remarried and the daughter, Caroline, had grown up thinking that her stepfather was her birth father. Visibly upset, Caroline leaves and smokes in another room before a nurse tells she cant smoke indoors. She comes back and resumes reading from the diary.Benjamin is clearly worried about being able to care for his wife and child as he grows younger and younger. Daisy is adamantly optimistic and assures Benjamin that she can care for him and the baby, but Benjamin is not convinced. He tells her that she would be disappointed with such a life and that the baby deserves a father and not a playmate. He tells Daisy that he wants Caroline to have a real father and that he wants to leave before she can remember him. Daisy begins to worry that he is no longer attracted to her as she continues aging and he becomes more youthful. After Carolines first birthday, Benjamin sells his fathers button factory, the sailboat, the summer cottage and all his assets and leaves all money in bank's safe deposit for Carolines & Daisay before walking out the door. The modern day Daisy reveals to Caroline that she soon met Carolines father shortly thereafter and that Benjamin was right, she wasnt strong enough to raise the both of them alone. She doesnt know what Benjamin did during that time, but the diary reveals he did visit Daisy once more.Now about 23 years old in appearance, Benjamin visits Daisys dance studio one night and Daisy, now about 60, is startled by his return. Benjamin is youthful and strikingly handsome while Daisy has naturally aged. He meets his teenage daughter and Daisys husband. The husband and daughter wait in the parking lot while Benjamin and Daisy talk. She explains that her husband is a widower and that Caroline has a lot of Benjamins attributes. Daisy leaves with her family but later comes to Benjamins room at night. Although clearly embarrassed by his striking youth juxtaposed with her aging body, Daisy cannot suppress her desire to be with him. Its quite obvious though, that Benjamins love for Daisy has not waned and the two make love before Daisy says goodbye one last time. The modern day Caroline remembers the visit from the mysterious stranger and then finds postcards in the diary from Benjamin addressed to Caroline on several of her birthdays. With each postcard, Benjamin expresses his regret that he wasnt there during key milestones in life, like her first day at school and her first heartache.We then see Benjamin live out his 20s, drifting and traveling. He wanders around India and works odd jobs, often sleeping in abandoned buildings. Then one day, Daisy receives a mysterious phone call and takes a cab to Queenies house. Child Protective Services has found Benjamin, now a minor, living in an abandoned building in New Orleans. They managed to trace Daisy from all the references to her in his diary. We see that Benjamin is now a pimply 12 year old who is afraid of human contact and is showing signs of dementia. He doesnt remember Daisy but feels like he should know her. The modern day Daisy then narrates that she moved into Queenies house to care for Benjamin. We see Benjamin as a difficult seven year old showing signs of Alzheimers disease (i.e. he throws a tantrum because he doesnt remember eating breakfast). Like a loving and patient grandmother, Daisy seems to be able to calm him and she reads to him from the same childrens book her grandmother once read to her and Benjamin. In one heartbreaking scene, Benjamin regresses to a four year old and talks about having the feeling that hes lived an entire life but cant remember any of it. Another day, he ends up on the roof and Daisy talks him down. We then see him regress to a toddler and then finally an infant in elderly Daisys arms. Daisy narrates that one day, Benjamin took one last knowing look at her and then died in her arms.Fully spent by this story, Daisy and her daughter share a sense of relief and closure that comes with the revelation of long-hidden truths. In the background, Hurricane Katrina is getting dangerously near the hospital and soon diverts Carolines attention away from her mother. Daisy looks to the window and sees a hummingbird approach and then fly away into the storm. The camera pans out to reveal hospital staff scurrying to evacuate patients and transport medical supplies. We then see a montage of some of the memorable characters from the film, spoken of by Ben himself, and ending with the hurricane's waters washing into a storeroom where sits the old clock, still ticking backwards.

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text: read

text: but

text: can

text: not

text: walk

text: and

text: is

text: confined

text: to

text: a

text: wheelchair

text: Then

text: one

text: day

text: Queenie

text: takes

text: him

text: to

text: an

text: evangelical

text: healer

text: After

text: healing

text: Queenies

text: infertility

text: he

text: commands

text: Benjamin

text: to

text: walk

text: during

text: a

text: dramatic

text: healing

text: After

text: Benjamin

text: stumbles

text: and

text: takes

text: his

text: first

text: steps

text: the

text: preacher

text: suddenly

text: drops

text: to

text: the

text: floor

text: and

text: dies

text: Benjamin

text: progresses

text: physically

text: being

text: able

text: to

text: walk

text: with

text: the

text: help

text: of

text: crutches

text: He

text: soon

text: befriends

text: a

text: charming

text: Pygmy

text: man

text: who

text: takes

text: Benjamin

text: into

text: town

text: and

text: they

text: seem

text: to

text: connect

text: over

text: their

text: uniqueness

text: When

text: the

text: Pygmy

text: leaves

text: Benjamin

text: to

text: visit

text: a

text: prostitute

text: Benjamin

text: misses

text: the

text: last

text: streetcar

text: and

text: must

text: walk

text: home

text: on

text: his

text: crutches

text: Although

text: Queenie

text: greets

text: him

text: with

text: a

text: harsh

text: scolding

text: Benjamin

text: remembers

text: his

text: first

text: taste

text: of

text: freedom

text: as

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: best

text: days

text: of

text: his

text: life

text: Queenie

text: throws

text: a

text: party

text: at

text: the

text: retirement

text: home

text: for

text: visitors

text: and

text: Benjamin

text: now

text: able

text: to

text: walk

text: without

text: crutches

text: soon

text: meets

text: the

text: granddaughter

text: of

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: tenants

text: She

text: s

text: a

text: striking

text: red

text: haired

text: girl

text: with

text: blue

text: eyes

text: named

text: Daisy

text: Benjamin

text: develops

text: an

text: instant

text: boyish

text: crush

text: on

text: her

text: even

text: though

text: he

text: appears

text: to

text: be

text: an

text: elderly

text: man

text: In

text: his

text: diary

text: Benjamin

text: remembers

text: this

text: as

text: the

text: day

text: he

text: fell

text: in

text: love

text: with

text: Daisy

text: During

text: the

text: party

text: Queenie

text: announces

text: that

text: she

text: s

text: pregnant

text: and

text: Benjamin

text: feels

text: slightly

text: jealous

text: Benjamin

text: and

text: Daisy

text: quickly

text: form

text: a

text: bond

text: They

text: curl

text: up

text: with

text: Daisys

text: grandmother

text: as

text: she

text: reads

text: them

text: childrens

text: stories

text: Daisy

text: is

text: quick

text: to

text: realize

text: that

text: Benjamin

text: is

text: no

text: ordinary

text: elderly

text: man

text: because

text: of

text: his

text: childlike

text: ways

text: They

text: spend

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: time

text: together

text: and

text: sneak

text: off

text: one

text: night

text: to

text: talk

text: but

text: are

text: caught

text: by

text: Daisys

text: grandmother

text: who

text: accuses

text: Benjamin

text: of

text: inappropriate

text: motives

text: Queenie

text: tells

text: Benjamin

text: that

text: he

text: s

text: no

text: ordinary

text: child

text: that

text: he

text: s

text: a

text: man

text: child

text: and

text: that

text: people

text: will

text: misunderstand

text: him

text: When

text: Benjamin

text: returns

text: to

text: his

text: room

text: his

text: elderly

text: roommate

text: talks

text: about

text: how

text: he

text: was

text: struck

text: by

text: lightning

text: seven

text: times

text: Throughout

text: the

text: course

text: of

text: the

text: film

text: the

text: random

text: circumstances

text: in

text: which

text: he

text: was

text: struck

text: by

text: lightning

text: are

text: revealed

text: for

text: laughs

text: Benjamin

text: begins

text: to

text: grow

text: physically

text: and

text: can

text: bathe

text: himself

text: now

text: and

text: seems

text: to

text: be

text: going

text: through

text: puberty

text: even

text: though

text: he

text: still

text: looks

text: elderly

text: He

text: gains

text: muscle

text: tone

text: and

text: his

text: teeth

text: look

text: healthier

text: While

text: getting

text: his

text: hair

text: cut

text: by

text: an

text: elderly

text: woman

text: at

text: Queenies

text: house

text: he

text: remarks

text: that

text: with

text: every

text: day

text: he

text: feels

text: he

text: is

text: growing

text: younger

text: The

text: woman

text: replies

text: that

text: it

text: must

text: be

text: sad

text: to

text: grow

text: younger

text: and

text: watch

text: the

text: people

text: you

text: love

text: die

text: before

text: you

text: While

text: Benjamin

text: reflects

text: on

text: this

text: remark

text: the

text: woman

text: adds

text: that

text: if

text: we

text: did

text: nt

text: lose

text: the

text: people

text: that

text: we

text: love

text: we

text: would

text: nt

text: know

text: how

text: important

text: they

text: are

text: to

text: us

text: Benjamin

text: later

text: talks

text: about

text: some

text: of

text: the

text: elderly

text: tenants

text: who

text: died

text: during

text: their

text: stay

text: and

text: the

text: things

text: they

text: taught

text: him

text: Benjamin

text: visits

text: the

text: docks

text: of

text: the

text: harbor

text: and

text: one

text: day

text: volunteers

text: to

text: work

text: for

text: a

text: salty

text: tugboat

text: captain

text: named

text: Captain

text: Mike

text: Despite

text: his

text: elderly

text: appearance

text: Captain

text: Mike

text: agrees

text: to

text: take

text: Benjamin

text: on

text: and

text: we

text: see

text: Benjamin

text: mostly

text: scrubbing

text: the

text: decks

text: and

text: doing

text: light

text: work

text: This

text: is

text: all

text: very

text: exciting

text: to

text: Benjamin

text: and

text: the

text: two

text: quickly

text: become

text: friends

text: During

text: the

text: course

text: of

text: conversation

text: Captain

text: Mike

text: learns

text: that

text: Benjamin

text: is

text: still

text: a

text: virgin

text: Captain

text: Mike

text: decides

text: to

text: take

text: Benjamin

text: to

text: a

text: brothel

text: to

text: fix

text: that

text: At

text: the

text: brothel

text: a

text: drunk

text: Captain

text: Mike

text: rants

text: about

text: being

text: a

text: self

text: proclaimed

text: artist

text: and

text: not

text: a

text: tugboat

text: captain

text: like

text: his

text: father

text: and

text: then

text: undresses

text: to

text: reveal

text: his

text: self

text: inked

text: tattoos

text: he

text: s

text: a

text: tattoo

text: artist

text: He

text: then

text: harps

text: on

text: about

text: his

text: hummingbird

text: tattoo

text: and

text: what

text: a

text: remarkable

text: bird

text: it

text: is

text: Although

text: Benjamin

text: 's

text: appearance

text: creeps

text: the

text: prostitutes

text: out

text: one

text: sympathetic

text: prostitute

text: reluctantly

text: agrees

text: to

text: sleep

text: with

text: him

text: With

text: the

text: sexual

text: vigor

text: of

text: a

text: teenager

text: Benjamin

text: wears

text: the

text: prostitute

text: out

text: and

text: agrees

text: to

text: come

text: visit

text: her

text: every

text: day

text: except

text: Sunday

text: her

text: day

text: off

text: As

text: he

text: s

text: leaving

text: we

text: see

text: Benjamins

text: father

text: exiting

text: the

text: brothel

text: and

text: he

text: intuitively

text: recognizes

text: Benjamin

text: as

text: his

text: son

text: Benjamins

text: father

text: Thomas

text: Button

text: offers

text: to

text: give

text: Benjamin

text: a

text: ride

text: home

text: in

text: his

text: fancy

text: chauffeur

text: driven

text: car

text: They

text: stop

text: at

text: a

text: bar

text: for

text: Benjamins

text: first

text: drink

text: They

text: drink

text: and

text: talk

text: until

text: the

text: bar

text: closes

text: and

text: then

text: Tom

text: drives

text: Benjamin

text: home

text: After

text: Queenie

text: chastises

text: him

text: for

text: staying

text: out

text: late

text: Benjamin

text: throws

text: up

text: from

text: his

text: first

text: night

text: of

text: binge

text: drinking

text: One

text: day

text: Benjamin

text: sneaks

text: the

text: nine

text: year

text: old

text: Daisy

text: out

text: for

text: a

text: ride

text: on

text: Captain

text: Mikes

text: tugboat

text: Still

text: drunk

text: from

text: the

text: previous

text: nights

text: drinking

text: Captain

text: Mike

text: reluctantly

text: agrees

text: to

text: take

text: them

text: out

text: to

text: sea

text: The

text: tugboat

text: passes

text: a

text: cruise

text: ship

text: and

text: the

text: captain

text: waves

text: to

text: Benjamin

text: and

text: Daisy

text: Daisy

text: remarks

text: how

text: she

text: wishes

text: she

text: could

text: be

text: on

text: a

text: cruise

text: ship

text: like

text: that

text: At

text: about

text: Benjamin

text: still

text: looks

text: like

text: an

text: older

text: man

text: but

text: desires

text: to

text: leave

text: home

text: and

text: work

text: on

text: Captain

text: Mikes

text: tugboat

text: Daisy

text: is

text: about

text: and

text: makes

text: Benjamin

text: promise

text: that

text: he

text: write

text: to

text: her

text: from

text: wherever

text: he

text: travels

text: to

text: While

text: Benjamin

text: travels

text: from

text: harbor

text: to

text: harbor

text: on

text: the

text: tugboat

text: we

text: watch

text: Daisy

text: grow

text: up

text: and

text: train

text: as

text: a

text: ballet

text: dancer

text: During

text: his

text: travels

text: Benjamin

text: befriends

text: an

text: unhappily

text: married

text: Englishwoman

text: named

text: Elizabeth

text: Tilda

text: Swinton

text: at

text: the

text: hotel

text: he

text: lives

text: in

text: They

text: end

text: up

text: talking

text: all

text: night

text: almost

text: every

text: night

text: and

text: she

text: tells

text: Benjamin

text: that

text: she

text: attempted

text: to

text: swim

text: the

text: English

text: Channel

text: when

text: she

text: was

text: but

text: gave

text: up

text: before

text: she

text: could

text: finish

text: She

text: introduces

text: Benjamin

text: to

text: the

text: finer

text: things

text: in

text: life

text: like

text: caviar

text: and

text: vodka

text: and

text: she

text: tells

text: him

text: about

text: the

text: places

text: he

text: s

text: never

text: seen

text: like

text: Asia

text: They

text: eventually

text: start

text: an

text: affair

text: and

text: spend

text: every

text: night

text: together

text: Benjamin

text: writes

text: to

text: Daisy

text: and

text: tells

text: her

text: that

text: he

text: s

text: fallen

text: in

text: love

text: Then

text: one

text: night

text: Elizabeth

text: disappears

text: leaving

text: only

text: an

text: impersonal

text: note

text: saying

text: it

text: was

text: nice

text: to

text: have

text: met

text: him

text: Captain

text: Mike

text: announces

text: to

text: the

text: crew

text: that

text: the

text: Japanese

text: have

text: bombed

text: Pearl

text: Harbor

text: and

text: that

text: he

text: s

text: contracted

text: with

text: the

text: US

text: Navy

text: to

text: support

text: the

text: war

text: effort

text: The

text: cook

text: decides

text: to

text: leave

text: the

text: crew

text: and

text: be

text: with

text: his

text: wife

text: so

text: Benjamin

text: steps

text: in

text: as

text: cook

text: The

text: tugboat

text: gets

text: its

text: first

text: taste

text: of

text: war

text: when

text: the

text: crew

text: shows

text: up

text: to

text: the

text: remains

text: of

text: a

text: naval

text: ship

text: carrying

text: soldiers

text: that

text: was

text: just

text: bombed

text: The

text: tugboat

text: soon

text: catches

text: the

text: eye

text: of

text: the

text: enemy

text: submarine

text: and

text: the

text: crew

text: springs

text: into

text: action

text: heroically

text: deciding

text: to

text: collide

text: with

text: the

text: submarine

text: and

text: sink

text: it

text: Gunners

text: on

text: both

text: the

text: tiny

text: tugboat

text: and

text: the

text: submarine

text: exchange

text: fire

text: and

text: ultimately

text: the

text: tugboat

text: maneuvers

text: itself

text: onto

text: the

text: submarine

text: and

text: sinks

text: it

text: Captain

text: Mike

text: and

text: several

text: of

text: the

text: crew

text: are

text: wounded

text: and

text: die

text: as

text: a

text: result

text: Benjamin

text: survives

text: and

text: passes

text: on

text: Captain

text: Mikes

text: earnings

text: to

text: his

text: wife

text: As

text: he

text: throws

text: out

text: the

text: lifesaver

text: from

text: the

text: tugboat

text: out

text: to

text: sea

text: a

text: hummingbird

text: flies

text: up

text: from

text: the

text: lifesaver

text: and

text: whizzes

text: by

text: Benjamin

text: He

text: remarks

text: that

text: he

text: never

text: again

text: saw

text: a

text: hummingbird

text: in

text: the

text: open

text: sea

text: Returning

text: to

text: Queenies

text: house

text: from

text: the

text: war

text: Benjamin

text: now

text: looks

text: about

text: Daisy

text: makes

text: a

text: surprise

text: visit

text: and

text: she

text: s

text: about

text: She

text: does

text: nt

text: recognize

text: Benjamin

text: at

text: first

text: but

text: after

text: a

text: brief

text: reunion

text: they

text: decide

text: to

text: go

text: out

text: on

text: a

text: date

text: At

text: dinner

text: Daisy

text: talks

text: incessantly

text: about

text: her

text: passion

text: dancing

text: and

text: Benjamin

text: ca

text: nt

text: really

text: get

text: in

text: a

text: word

text: edgewise

text: Their

text: date

text: ends

text: at

text: a

text: romantic

text: lake

text: where

text: Daisy

text: attempts

text: to

text: seduce

text: Benjamin

text: by

text: doing

text: some

text: impressive

text: ballet

text: moves

text: and

text: talking

text: about

text: her

text: promiscuous

text: life

text: in

text: the

text: ballet

text: company

text: Benjamin

text: however

text: refuses

text: to

text: sleep

text: with

text: Daisy

text: and

text: she

text: leaves

text: disappointed

text: Benjamins

text: father

text: Thomas

text: Button

text: meets

text: up

text: with

text: Benjamin

text: again

text: Thomas

text: Button

text: walks

text: with

text: a

text: crutch

text: due

text: to

text: an

text: infection

text: in

text: his

text: foot

text: and

text: his

text: health

text: is

text: failing

text: He

text: invites

text: Benjamin

text: out

text: to

text: dinner

text: and

text: then

text: shows

text: him

text: his

text: button

text: factory

text: He

text: then

text: reveals

text: to

text: Benjamin

text: that

text: he

text: is

text: his

text: father

text: and

text: shows

text: him

text: pictures

text: of

text: their

text: family

text: Benjamin

text: has

text: a

text: hard

text: time

text: taking

text: it

text: all

text: in

text: but

text: eventually

text: realizes

text: that

text: Thomas

text: wants

text: to

text: reconcile

text: with

text: him

text: before

text: he

text: dies

text: Thomas

text: promises

text: to

text: leave

text: Benjamin

text: everything

text: Before

text: Thomas

text: dies

text: Benjamin

text: takes

text: him

text: to

text: the

text: lake

text: to

text: watch

text: the

text: sunrise

text: and

text: both

text: men

text: are

text: at

text: peace

text: with

text: the

text: past

text: Benjamin

text: later

text: comes

text: to

text: New

text: York

text: to

text: see

text: Daisy

text: in

text: a

text: production

text: of

text: Carousel

text: He

text: s

text: moved

text: by

text: her

text: dancing

text: but

text: Daisy

text: is

text: a

text: little

text: startled

text: to

text: see

text: him

text: come

text: backstage

text: Refusing

text: his

text: invitation

text: to

text: dinner

text: she

text: invites

text: him

text: to

text: come

text: out

text: with

text: her

text: dancer

text: friends

text: Surrounded

text: by

text: young

text: people

text: and

text: watching

text: Daisy

text: flirt

text: with

text: her

text: new

text: boyfriend

text: Benjamin

text: realizes

text: that

text: they

text: re

text: worlds

text: apart

text: Disappointed

text: he

text: goes

text: back

text: home

text: to

text: Queenies

text: house

text: Back

text: in

text: todays

text: world

text: the

text: dying

text: Daisy

text: tells

text: her

text: daughter

text: that

text: Benjamin

text: came

text: to

text: tell

text: her

text: that

text: his

text: father

text: had

text: just

text: died

text: but

text: she

text: was

text: and

text: foolishly

text: wrapped

text: up

text: in

text: her

text: own

text: world

text: Daisy

text: then

text: shows

text: her

text: daughter

text: pictures

text: of

text: her

text: as

text: a

text: young

text: dancer

text: and

text: reveals

text: that

text: she

text: was

text: the

text: first

text: American

text: to

text: be

text: invited

text: to

text: dance

text: with

text: the

text: Bolshoi

text: Ballet

text: You

text: begin

text: to

text: understand

text: that

text: Daisy

text: has

text: held

text: back

text: a

text: lot

text: from

text: her

text: daughter

text: Daisy

text: remarks

text: that

text: even

text: though

text: she

text: had

text: many

text: lovers

text: in

text: her

text: youth

text: she

text: always

text: thought

text: about

text: Benjamin

text: and

text: felt

text: connected

text: to

text: him

text: Meanwhile

text: the

text: storm

text: rages

text: on

text: outside

text: the

text: hospital

text: window

text: and

text: the

text: news

text: report

text: reveals

text: that

text: it

text: is

text: in

text: fact

text: Hurricane

text: Katrina

text: Daisy

text: is

text: now

text: dancing

text: with

text: a

text: ballet

text: company

text: in

text: Paris

text: Benjamin

text: narrates

text: a

text: series

text: of

text: events

text: that

text: make

text: up

text: a

text: chain

text: reaction

text: resulting

text: in

text: Daisy

text: getting

text: hit

text: by

text: a

text: taxi

text: A

text: friend

text: wires

text: Benjamin

text: the

text: news

text: about

text: Daisy

text: and

text: he

text: comes

text: to

text: Paris

text: to

text: see

text: her

text: We

text: learn

text: that

text: the

text: car

text: crushed

text: Daisys

text: right

text: leg

text: and

text: thus

text: ended

text: her

text: dancing

text: career

text: Full

text: of

text: both

text: angry

text: pride

text: and

text: shame

text: Daisy

text: tells

text: Benjamin

text: to

text: leave

text: her

text: alone

text: He

text: leaves

text: but

text: as

text: the

text: diary

text: reveals

text: Benjamin

text: stays

text: in

text: Paris

text: for

text: a

text: while

text: to

text: look

text: out

text: for

text: Daisy

text: As

text: her

text: daughter

text: reads

text: from

text: Benjamins

text: diary

text: the

text: modern

text: Daisy

text: had

text: no

text: idea

text: he

text: had

text: stayed

text: in

text: Paris

text: and

text: begins

text: to

text: weep

text: Although

text: he

text: was

text: in

text: love

text: with

text: Daisy

text: Benjamin

text: reveals

text: he

text: slept

text: with

text: several

text: women

text: while

text: in

text: Paris

text: A

text: few

text: years

text: later

text: Benjamin

text: appears

text: to

text: be

text: about

text: and

text: we

text: see

text: him

text: speeding

text: on

text: a

text: motorcycle

text: and

text: wearing

text: aviator

text: sunglasses

text: a

text: dead

text: ringer

text: for

text: James

text: Dean

text: Daisy

text: having

text: recovered

text: and

text: able

text: to

text: walk

text: again

text: visits

text: Benjamin

text: at

text: Queenies

text: house

text: She

text: asks

text: him

text: to

text: sleep

text: with

text: her

text: and

text: he

text: promptly

text: says

text: yes

text: They

text: visit

text: the

text: same

text: lake

text: Benjamin

text: took

text: his

text: father

text: to

text: and

text: as

text: they

text: watch

text: the

text: sunrise

text: Daisy

text: promises

text: to

text: never

text: indulge

text: in

text: self

text: pity

text: again

text: They

text: end

text: up

text: traveling

text: together

text: and

text: living

text: on

text: the

text: sailboat

text: Thomas

text: Button

text: left

text: his

text: son

text: When

text: they

text: return

text: from

text: their

text: travels

text: Queenies

text: house

text: is

text: empty

text: and

text: the

text: couple

text: learn

text: that

text: Queenie

text: has

text: just

text: died

text: They

text: attend

text: her

text: funeral

text: services

text: and

text: Benjamin

text: sells

text: his

text: fathers

text: house

text: He

text: and

text: Daisy

text: buy

text: a

text: duplex

text: and

text: spend

text: all

text: their

text: time

text: as

text: a

text: young

text: couple

text: in

text: their

text: sparely

text: furnished

text: apartment

text: They

text: make

text: love

text: all

text: day

text: and

text: watch

text: the

text: Beatles

text: on

text: American

text: TV

text: for

text: the

text: first

text: time

text: Renewing

text: her

text: love

text: for

text: dance

text: Daisy

text: has

text: opened

text: up

text: a

text: dance

text: studio

text: and

text: teaches

text: little

text: girls

text: She

text: is

text: dancing

text: in

text: front

text: of

text: the

text: mirror

text: one

text: day

text: when

text: her

text: leg

text: injury

text: reminds

text: her

text: of

text: her

text: limitations

text: In

text: spite

text: of

text: this

text: Benjamin

text: who

text: is

text: watching

text: clearly

text: still

text: loves

text: and

text: admires

text: Daisy

text: She

text: remarks

text: that

text: they

text: ve

text: finally

text: met

text: halfway

text: in

text: time

text: Benjamin

text: is

text: and

text: Daisy

text: is

text: and

text: then

text: Daisy

text: reveals

text: that

text: she

text: s

text: pregnant

text: Months

text: later

text: Benjamin

text: expresses

text: his

text: concern

text: that

text: the

text: baby

text: will

text: be

text: like

text: him

text: but

text: Daisy

text: assures

text: him

text: that

text: she

text: will

text: love

text: the

text: baby

text: even

text: more

text: if

text: it

text: is

text: Before

text: they

text: leave

text: the

text: diner

text: Benjamin

text: sees

text: Elizabeth

text: on

text: TV

text: celebrated

text: as

text: the

text: oldest

text: woman

text: to

text: swim

text: the

text: English

text: Channel

text: she

text: s

text: Later

text: Daisy

text: delivers

text: a

text: perfectly

text: healthy

text: baby

text: girl

text: and

text: names

text: it

text: after

text: Benjamins

text: mother

text: Caroline

text: According

text: to

text: imdb.com

text: the

text: baby

text: is

text: actually

text: played

text: by

text: Brad

text: Pitts

text: real

text: daughter

text: Shiloh

text: at

text: months.)Back

text: to

text: modern

text: times

text: the

text: daughter

text: suddenly

text: realizes

text: from

text: reading

text: the

text: diary

text: that

text: Benjamin

text: is

text: her

text: real

text: father

text: Daisy

text: had

text: remarried

text: and

text: the

text: daughter

text: Caroline

text: had

text: grown

text: up

text: thinking

text: that

text: her

text: stepfather

text: was

text: her

text: birth

text: father

text: Visibly

text: upset

text: Caroline

text: leaves

text: and

text: smokes

text: in

text: another

text: room

text: before

text: a

text: nurse

text: tells

text: she

text: ca

text: nt

text: smoke

text: indoors

text: She

text: comes

text: back

text: and

text: resumes

text: reading

text: from

text: the

text: diary

text: Benjamin

text: is

text: clearly

text: worried

text: about

text: being

text: able

text: to

text: care

text: for

text: his

text: wife

text: and

text: child

text: as

text: he

text: grows

text: younger

text: and

text: younger

text: Daisy

text: is

text: adamantly

text: optimistic

text: and

text: assures

text: Benjamin

text: that

text: she

text: can

text: care

text: for

text: him

text: and

text: the

text: baby

text: but

text: Benjamin

text: is

text: not

text: convinced

text: He

text: tells

text: her

text: that

text: she

text: would

text: be

text: disappointed

text: with

text: such

text: a

text: life

text: and

text: that

text: the

text: baby

text: deserves

text: a

text: father

text: and

text: not

text: a

text: playmate

text: He

text: tells

text: Daisy

text: that

text: he

text: wants

text: Caroline

text: to

text: have

text: a

text: real

text: father

text: and

text: that

text: he

text: wants

text: to

text: leave

text: before

text: she

text: can

text: remember

text: him

text: Daisy

text: begins

text: to

text: worry

text: that

text: he

text: is

text: no

text: longer

text: attracted

text: to

text: her

text: as

text: she

text: continues

text: aging

text: and

text: he

text: becomes

text: more

text: youthful

text: After

text: Carolines

text: first

text: birthday

text: Benjamin

text: sells

text: his

text: fathers

text: button

text: factory

text: the

text: sailboat

text: the

text: summer

text: cottage

text: and

text: all

text: his

text: assets

text: and

text: leaves

text: all

text: money

text: in

text: bank

text: 's

text: safe

text: deposit

text: for

text: Carolines

text: Daisay

text: before

text: walking

text: out

text: the

text: door

text: The

text: modern

text: day

text: Daisy

text: reveals

text: to

text: Caroline

text: that

text: she

text: soon

text: met

text: Carolines

text: father

text: shortly

text: thereafter

text: and

text: that

text: Benjamin

text: was

text: right

text: she

text: was

text: nt

text: strong

text: enough

text: to

text: raise

text: the

text: both

text: of

text: them

text: alone

text: She

text: does

text: nt

text: know

text: what

text: Benjamin

text: did

text: during

text: that

text: time

text: but

text: the

text: diary

text: reveals

text: he

text: did

text: visit

text: Daisy

text: once

text: more

text: Now

text: about

text: years

text: old

text: in

text: appearance

text: Benjamin

text: visits

text: Daisys

text: dance

text: studio

text: one

text: night

text: and

text: Daisy

text: now

text: about

text: is

text: startled

text: by

text: his

text: return

text: Benjamin

text: is

text: youthful

text: and

text: strikingly

text: handsome

text: while

text: Daisy

text: has

text: naturally

text: aged

text: He

text: meets

text: his

text: teenage

text: daughter

text: and

text: Daisys

text: husband

text: The

text: husband

text: and

text: daughter

text: wait

text: in

text: the

text: parking

text: lot

text: while

text: Benjamin

text: and

text: Daisy

text: talk

text: She

text: explains

text: that

text: her

text: husband

text: is

text: a

text: widower

text: and

text: that

text: Caroline

text: has

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: Benjamins

text: attributes

text: Daisy

text: leaves

text: with

text: her

text: family

text: but

text: later

text: comes

text: to

text: Benjamins

text: room

text: at

text: night

text: Although

text: clearly

text: embarrassed

text: by

text: his

text: striking

text: youth

text: juxtaposed

text: with

text: her

text: aging

text: body

text: Daisy

text: can

text: not

text: suppress

text: her

text: desire

text: to

text: be

text: with

text: him

text: Its

text: quite

text: obvious

text: though

text: that

text: Benjamins

text: love

text: for

text: Daisy

text: has

text: not

text: waned

text: and

text: the

text: two

text: make

text: love

text: before

text: Daisy

text: says

text: goodbye

text: one

text: last

text: time

text: The

text: modern

text: day

text: Caroline

text: remembers

text: the

text: visit

text: from

text: the

text: mysterious

text: stranger

text: and

text: then

text: finds

text: postcards

text: in

text: the

text: diary

text: from

text: Benjamin

text: addressed

text: to

text: Caroline

text: on

text: several

text: of

text: her

text: birthdays

text: With

text: each

text: postcard

text: Benjamin

text: expresses

text: his

text: regret

text: that

text: he

text: was

text: nt

text: there

text: during

text: key

text: milestones

text: in

text: life

text: like

text: her

text: first

text: day

text: at

text: school

text: and

text: her

text: first

text: heartache

text: We

text: then

text: see

text: Benjamin

text: live

text: out

text: his

text: drifting

text: and

text: traveling

text: He

text: wanders

text: around

text: India

text: and

text: works

text: odd

text: jobs

text: often

text: sleeping

text: in

text: abandoned

text: buildings

text: Then

text: one

text: day

text: Daisy

text: receives

text: a

text: mysterious

text: phone

text: call

text: and

text: takes

text: a

text: cab

text: to

text: Queenies

text: house

text: Child

text: Protective

text: Services

text: has

text: found

text: Benjamin

text: now

text: a

text: minor

text: living

text: in

text: an

text: abandoned

text: building

text: in

text: New

text: Orleans

text: They

text: managed

text: to

text: trace

text: Daisy

text: from

text: all

text: the

text: references

text: to

text: her

text: in

text: his

text: diary

text: We

text: see

text: that

text: Benjamin

text: is

text: now

text: a

text: pimply

text: year

text: old

text: who

text: is

text: afraid

text: of

text: human

text: contact

text: and

text: is

text: showing

text: signs

text: of

text: dementia

text: He

text: does

text: nt

text: remember

text: Daisy

text: but

text: feels

text: like

text: he

text: should

text: know

text: her

text: The

text: modern

text: day

text: Daisy

text: then

text: narrates

text: that

text: she

text: moved

text: into

text: Queenies

text: house

text: to

text: care

text: for

text: Benjamin

text: We

text: see

text: Benjamin

text: as

text: a

text: difficult

text: seven

text: year

text: old

text: showing

text: signs

text: of

text: Alzheimers

text: disease

text: i.e.

text: he

text: throws

text: a

text: tantrum

text: because

text: he

text: does

text: nt

text: remember

text: eating

text: breakfast

text: Like

text: a

text: loving

text: and

text: patient

text: grandmother

text: Daisy

text: seems

text: to

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: calm

text: him

text: and

text: she

text: reads

text: to

text: him

text: from

text: the

text: same

text: childrens

text: book

text: her

text: grandmother

text: once

text: read

text: to

text: her

text: and

text: Benjamin

text: In

text: one

text: heartbreaking

text: scene

text: Benjamin

text: regresses

text: to

text: a

text: four

text: year

text: old

text: and

text: talks

text: about

text: having

text: the

text: feeling

text: that

text: he

text: s

text: lived

text: an

text: entire

text: life

text: but

text: ca

text: nt

text: remember

text: any

text: of

text: it

text: Another

text: day

text: he

text: ends

text: up

text: on

text: the

text: roof

text: and

text: Daisy

text: talks

text: him

text: down

text: We

text: then

text: see

text: him

text: regress

text: to

text: a

text: toddler

text: and

text: then

text: finally

text: an

text: infant

text: in

text: elderly

text: Daisys

text: arms

text: Daisy

text: narrates

text: that

text: one

text: day

text: Benjamin

text: took

text: one

text: last

text: knowing

text: look

text: at

text: her

text: and

text: then

text: died

text: in

text: her

text: arms

text: Fully

text: spent

text: by

text: this

text: story

text: Daisy

text: and

text: her

text: daughter

text: share

text: a

text: sense

text: of

text: relief

text: and

text: closure

text: that

text: comes

text: with

text: the

text: revelation

text: of

text: long

text: hidden

text: truths

text: In

text: the

text: background

text: Hurricane

text: Katrina

text: is

text: getting

text: dangerously

text: near

text: the

text: hospital

text: and

text: soon

text: diverts

text: Carolines

text: attention

text: away

text: from

text: her

text: mother

text: Daisy

text: looks

text: to

text: the

text: window

text: and

text: sees

text: a

text: hummingbird

text: approach

text: and

text: then

text: fly

text: away

text: into

text: the

text: storm

text: The

text: camera

text: pans

text: out

text: to

text: reveal

text: hospital

text: staff

text: scurrying

text: to

text: evacuate

text: patients

text: and

text: transport

text: medical

text: supplies

text: We

text: then

text: see

text: a

text: montage

text: of

text: some

text: of

text: the

text: memorable

text: characters

text: from

text: the

text: film

text: spoken

text: of

text: by

text: Ben

text: himself

text: and

text: ending

text: with

text: the

text: hurricane

text: 's

text: waters

text: washing

text: into

text: a

text: storeroom

text: where

text: sits

text: the

text: old

text: clock

text: still

text: ticking

text: backwards

question: Who died after giving birth?

answer: Benjamin's mother

question: In what year does Benjamin return to Daisy?

answer: 1947

question: What kind of company does Benjamin's father will to him?

answer: wills Benjamin his button company and his estate.

question: Who decides to care for him as her own?

answer: Queenie

text: Queenie

text: Queenie

text: Queenie

text: Queenie

text: Queenie

text: Queenie

text: Queenie

text: Queenie

text: Queenie

text: Queenie

text: Queenie

question: When Benjamin learns to walk?

answer: 1925

question: What is the name of the main caracter?

answer: Benjamin

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text: Benjamin Button

text: Benjamin Button

text: Daisy

text: Daisy

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question: Who is Benjamin introduced as to Daisy's family?

answer: an old man

aliases: introduced as a family friend, to her husband and daughter.

question: In what year does Daisy return to New Orleans?

answer: 1962

question: What is the name of the daughter that Daisy gives birth to?

answer: Caroline

text: Caroline

text: Caroline

text: Caroline

text: Caroline

text: Caroline

text: Caroline

text: Caroline

text: Caroline

question: when this movie takes place?

answer: From 1918 until Present Day

question: Benjamin dies in Daisy's arms, in the Spring of what year?

answer: 2003

question: Despite being a preteen, bewildered social workers say that Benjamin is displaying early signs of what disease?

answer: Dementia

text: Dementia

text: dementia.

question: In what year did Daisy tell Benjamin she was pregnant?

answer: 1967

question: what war was taking place?

answer: Iraq War

question: In 1990, a widowed Daisy is contacted by who?

answer: Child Protective Services

text: Child Protective Services

question: What is the name of Daisy's daughter?

answer: Julia Ormond

text: Julia Ormond

text: Caroline

text: Caroline

text: Caroline

text: Caroline

text: Caroline

text: Caroline

text: Caroline

text: Caroline

question: what year does the setting take place?

answer: Part of the story is in 1918

question: Where does Benjamin return to in May 1945?

answer: Benjamin returns to New Orleans

question: When  Benjamin meets Daisy?

answer: In the nursing home

question: what year Daisy's dancing career ends ?

answer: 1954