Webhe grows up in this home, constantly surrounded by old people dying while aging backward, and meets a young girl named daisy (elle fanning), with whom he forges a. Webborn as an old man, benjamin ages backwards; Gradually getting younger as those around him age normally. Webas mentioned, benjamin was born aging backwards. That’s not to say he popped out of his mother’s womb as a fully formed adult. Webthe curious case of benjamin button is a 2008 american romantic fantasy drama film tells the story of benjamin button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre. Webbenjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life, the primary unusual aspect of which was his aging backwards, being diagnosed with several aging diseases at birth and. Webas we age, we already fear the deterioration of our bodies and how our partners may cease to find us attractive. In the story, poor hildegarde must not only. Webhe has your average “greatest generation” biography—except for the fact that he ages backwards. At birth he has the body and ailments of an 80 year old, and at.