The reasons I've decided to write a review for this movie is not only because it is one of my favorite movies, but because I would like to point out the fact that it's not just a tearjerker.
The plot is quite simple: a man and a woman who are married, and the woman has a very rare case of the Alzheimer's disease. Hence, you know she will be dying, since there still isn't any cure for this disease, and the movie was shot in 2004.
The events which occur in the movie could be misleading in the sense that they could leave you with the feeling that it's just another very sad and emotional Korean dramatic movie, with beautiful moments and captures, and a heartbreaking ending. And while those events capture our hearts, we forget that the main issue that this movie is trying to display is the problems of the Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's disease is exactly the title of the film: "An eraser in my head". You can't do anything against it, you can just slow it down. Your memories will eventually all disappear, from the most recent memories to the oldest ones. You lose all knowledge, all identity, until you are nothing inside anymore. And the worst part of it is that you don't even know what's happening to you, so even if it awakens old wounds that hurt you, you'll be healed the next day since you would have already forgotten about what was left in your mind the previous day.
The movie focuses on a 28-year-old woman who bears a very rare case of the Alzheimer's disease, which runs in her family. It shows how much it is painful for the people who are close to her to accept the fact that she is gradually forgetting about them, about her life, about everything. Not only is she losing her own identity without even realizing it, but they are losing their identity towards her. The situation is cruel because she's so young, but it would've been the same with a cast of 60-year-old people.
The movie is so realistic because it shows how much the people around her are hurting, and they can't even blame it on her since it isn't her fault. And that's the underlying problem of Alzheimer's disease.
So yes, it's a sweet, beautiful and heartbreaking movie, but for the people who are actually in the same situation, it points out that you should keep faith in the person who is sick, that if they forget about you, it's not because they didn't care about you, but because they can't help it. And it can get really hard for the people who are close to the person who bears the disease.
I believe that's the most important message we can get out of this movie. It is truly a must-see.
The plot is quite simple: a man and a woman who are married, and the woman has a very rare case of the Alzheimer's disease. Hence, you know she will be dying, since there still isn't any cure for this disease, and the movie was shot in 2004.
The events which occur in the movie could be misleading in the sense that they could leave you with the feeling that it's just another very sad and emotional Korean dramatic movie, with beautiful moments and captures, and a heartbreaking ending. And while those events capture our hearts, we forget that the main issue that this movie is trying to display is the problems of the Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's disease is exactly the title of the film: "An eraser in my head". You can't do anything against it, you can just slow it down. Your memories will eventually all disappear, from the most recent memories to the oldest ones. You lose all knowledge, all identity, until you are nothing inside anymore. And the worst part of it is that you don't even know what's happening to you, so even if it awakens old wounds that hurt you, you'll be healed the next day since you would have already forgotten about what was left in your mind the previous day.
The movie focuses on a 28-year-old woman who bears a very rare case of the Alzheimer's disease, which runs in her family. It shows how much it is painful for the people who are close to her to accept the fact that she is gradually forgetting about them, about her life, about everything. Not only is she losing her own identity without even realizing it, but they are losing their identity towards her. The situation is cruel because she's so young, but it would've been the same with a cast of 60-year-old people.
The movie is so realistic because it shows how much the people around her are hurting, and they can't even blame it on her since it isn't her fault. And that's the underlying problem of Alzheimer's disease.
So yes, it's a sweet, beautiful and heartbreaking movie, but for the people who are actually in the same situation, it points out that you should keep faith in the person who is sick, that if they forget about you, it's not because they didn't care about you, but because they can't help it. And it can get really hard for the people who are close to the person who bears the disease.
I believe that's the most important message we can get out of this movie. It is truly a must-see.