The tragedy of memory loss meets the romantic joy of enduring love, while the togetherness of a couple in the present is contrasted by the turmoil of a nation’s past in the latest documentary from Maite Alberdi.
The Eternal Memory - which won the World Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize at Sundance - is a deeply moving consideration of the life of TV journalist Augusto Gongora and his actress wife Paulina Urrutia, who was once also Chilean minister of culture. Together for more than 20 years, Augusto was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2014 and Alberdi’s film unfolds over the four years to 2022 as his condition worsens, including capturing the couple’s marriage in 2016.
There have been strong documentaries on the subject before, including Bicycle, Apple, Spoon and Dick Johnson Is Dead, but Alberdi’s is striking in its intimacy - it’s hard to believe there is anyone in.
The Eternal Memory - which won the World Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize at Sundance - is a deeply moving consideration of the life of TV journalist Augusto Gongora and his actress wife Paulina Urrutia, who was once also Chilean minister of culture. Together for more than 20 years, Augusto was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2014 and Alberdi’s film unfolds over the four years to 2022 as his condition worsens, including capturing the couple’s marriage in 2016.
There have been strong documentaries on the subject before, including Bicycle, Apple, Spoon and Dick Johnson Is Dead, but Alberdi’s is striking in its intimacy - it’s hard to believe there is anyone in.
- 2/7/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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