The Eternal Memory
Opens Monday, Oct. 2nd at 7pm
Special Q & A Panel with
Susan Oster
Public Education Coordinator, Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners - Panel Host
Professor Laura Murray
Associate Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences
Professor, School of Communication Sciences & Disorders
Dr. M. Y. Savundranayagam
Associate Professor, School of Health Studies
Director, Sam Katz Community Health and Aging Research Unit
Dr. Stephen Pasternak · Associate Professor of Neurology
Western University and Associate Scientist, Molecular Brain Research
Augusto and Paulina have been together and in love for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and his wife has since become his caretaker. As one of Chile's most prominent cultural commentators and television presenters, Augusto is no stranger to building an archive of memory, having been responsible for that herculean task following the Pinochet dictatorship and its systematic erasure of collective consciousness. Now he turns that work to his own life, trying to hold on to his identity with the help of his beloved. Day by day, the couple face this challenge head-on, adapting to the disruptions brought on by the taxing disease while relying on the tender affection and sense of humor shared between them that remains intact.
The Eternal Memory - Film Review - 3 Stars!
Glenn Kenny, rogerebert.com
"...we witness the degeneration of a noble mind and an interrogative soul. “I’m not myself anymore,” Góngora says to Urrutia late in the movie. “I think you are,” she responds. “No,” he says. And he repeats that word several times. We’re left with the question of what a person can hang on to when everything about their identity and values leaves them." For the full review please click HERE.
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