THE ETERNAL MEMORY

Chile
2023

Director: Maite Alberdi

Language: Spanish with English subtitles

Augusto and Paulina have been together and in love for 25 years. Eight years ago, their lives were forever changed by Augusto’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis. As one of Chile’s most prominent cultural commentators and television presenters, Augusto is no stranger to building an archive of memory. Now he turns that work to his own life, trying to hold on to his identity with the help of his beloved Paulina, whose own pre-eminence as a famous actress and Chilean Minister of Culture predates her ceaselessly inventive manner of engaging with her husband. Day by day, the couple face this challenge head-on, relying on the tender affection and sense of humour shared between them that remains remarkably and fully intact.

Screenings

21 July | 18:15 | Suncoast 7
30 July | 16:45 | Suncoast 8
TRAILER COMING SOON

Credits

Director

Maite Alberdi

Producer

Maite Alberdi, Juan De Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Rocío Jadue

Screenplay

Maite Alberdi

Cinematography

Pablo Valdés

Cast

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Runtime

84 min

Maite Alberdi

An Academy Award®-Nominated Director and Producer, Maite is the first Chilean woman to be nominated at the Academy Awards. She has developed a particular style that is characterised by the intimate portrait of small worlds, and her unique voice has led her to be one of the most important voices of Latin American documentary. In 2011 she released her first feature film, THE LIFEGUARD. Through Micromundo, her production company, she directed her second film TEATIME, which has won more than 12 international awards, and was nominated for the 2016 Goya for Best Ibero-American Film. In 2016 she released the short film I AM NOT FROM HERE which was nominated for the European Films Award, and premiered her third feature film THE GROWN-UPS which received 10 international awards. THE MOLE AGENT premiered in Sundance 2020 and was the first Chilean documentary to be nominated for an Academy Award®.
DIFF 2023

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