“He has all the deterioration, the infirmities, not of a newborn, but of a man well in his 80s on the way to his grave.”

So says the doctor who delivers the title character in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

This Christmas Day release stars Brad Pitt as a man that ages backward, and Cate Blanchett as the woman with whom he falls in love. Here's a photo of the stars in action:

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